Recently we presented a procedure for uploading data to a Windows Azure SQL Database from an on-premise SQL Server instance. Today we will accomplish the same objective by employing a more traditional approach to data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) that relies on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
Get an idea of how to handle the housekeeping tasks associated with backups, like removing old backup and log files.
Networking is one of those things that so many people say is good for your career? But why? Steve Jones has a few examples today from his own experience.
If you have a number of SQL Server instances with versions ranging from 2005 upwards, with a whole host of databases, and you want to be alerted about a number of diverse events that are useful for first-line problem-diagnosis and auditing, then Feodor's homebrew solution, using SSIS and Robocopy is likely to be what you're looking for.
Learn how to avoid complex date calculations and increase performance using calendar tables in this article from Todd Fifield.
Cerebrata has added support for configuring the more detailed level Windows Azure Storage Analytics, as well as managing the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) setting.
Under heavy load your SQL Server may not work as intended due to lack of resources. To handle this situation SQL Server 2014 gives us the possibility to use an SSD or Ram device to dynamically increase the Buffer Pool. Keep reading to see how you can take advantage of this new wonderful feature.
An examination into how the various transaction isolation levels affect locking (and blocking)
What is continuous integration for databases? Steve Jones gives a short explanation and information on why you might care about this.
By HeyMo0sh
Microsoft Fabric (not to be confused with the more general term “fabric” in DevOps)...
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
I'm fairly certain I know the answer to this from digging into it yesterday,...
Hi Team, I am trying to refresh the Azure Synapse Dedicated pool from production...
hi everyone I am not sure how to write the query that will produce...
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers