Less and Less Visual
Phil Factor ponders the preponderance of text in current database tools, and asks what happened to our glorious graphical future?
Continuous Delivery and the Database
Continuous Delivery is fairly generally understood to be an effective way of tackling the problems of software delivery and deployment by making build, integration and delivery into a routine. Phil Factor explains why he's an enthusiast for databases being full participants in this story, and suggests practical ways of doing so.
Stairway to T-SQL: Beyond The Basics Level 7: Controlling the Flow of Your T-SQL
When you are writing TSQL code there are times when you want to perform the same logic over and over again. To accomplish this you can used the WHILE keyword. There are other times when you want to perform a conditional test and depending on the results of the test you execute one code block for the TRUE condition and possibly a different code block when the condition is FALSE. When you need to conditionally execute code based on the outcome of a condition you can used the IF keyword. In this Stairway level I will be discussing how to use the WHILE and IF constructs to control the flow of your TSQL code.
What you need for a Multi Subnet Configuration for AlwaysOn in SQL Server 2012
You have a new project that requires a primary database server in one building and secondary database server in another building to be configured as a Failover Cluster. What are the important points to consider for this scenario?
Data Mining Introduction Part 10: Microsoft Logistic Regression
This is an introduction to the SQL Server Microsoft Logistic Regression Data Mining Algorithm.
Data Mining Introduction Part 10: Microsoft Logistic Regression
This is an introduction to the SQL Server Microsoft Logistic Regression Data Mining Algorithm.
How to Make Scalar UDFs Run Faster (SQL Spackle)
It's a well known fact that Scalar UDFs are the stuff of performance nightmares in T-SQL. But are they really as bad as they say? SQL Server MVP Jeff Moden shows us that they might not really be as big a problem as you might think and what you can do when they actually are.
Differences In Native Compiled Procedures Execution Plans
All the wonderful functionality that in-memory tables and natively compiled procedures provide in SQL Server 2014 is pretty cool. But, changes to core of the engine results in changes in things that we may have developed a level of comfort with. Grant Fritchey explains.
Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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How Do the Experts Become Experts?
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Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
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Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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