An Introduction to Flowlets in Azure Data Factory
Learn how you can re-use parts of your pipeline in Azure Data Factory. Save off some tasks as a flowlet for use in multiple pipelines.
Tutorial: Using the hierarchyid Data Type
This tutorial is intended for users who are experienced with Transact-SQL, but are new to the hierarchyid data type.
Learning Never Gets Old
It’s been a goal for several years to write (or help write) a book on a topic I love. While I can’t share details yet, there’s some movement on this dream and I’m excited about it. And I’m even more excited that I get to do it alongside someone that I’ve respected for a long […]
JQ - Tool for Querying JSON documents using the CLI
Learn how you can query JSON data from a CLI to check it before importing the data into a database.
Query Exercise: Improving Cardinality Estimation
Your challenge for this week is to tune a query. Say Stack Overflow has a dashboard that shows the top-ranking users in their most popular location. It’s even got an index to support it
Attention SQLBits 2024 Attendees!
Microsoft will be featured at SQL Bits with a keynote speaker, a full day of training and a few other sessions. Register today for the conference in March and we hope to see you there.
Stairway to Biml Level 6 - Programming with Metadata
In this next level of the Stairway to Biml, learn how metadata makes your Biml code more efficient and helpful in generating packages.
This is Why You Use Git for Scripts
Git is a good tool for DBAs and other Operations staff. Today Steve gives you a few reasons why.
Scientific Calculations in Power BI - Cube, Square, Logarithms, Powers, Inverse and more
Microsoft Power BI Desktop provides users with multiple ways to help shape and transform their data. One of the options users have is scientific calculations, which support operations like cube, square, logarithms, etc. Power BI has this option in the Power Query Editor mode, where the user can easily apply one of these transformations for any number-based columns. In this tip, we will overview this utility in Power BI and how to benefit from it.
Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
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Question of the Day
Minimum Change Tracking Retention
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=xxx);What is the minimum amount of time I can set? See possible answers