Is Your Data Relational?
An RDBMS is a good fit for many database problems, perhaps as Steve Jones thinks, the best fit for most. However NoSQL systems have a place, we're just not sure where.
Getting Ready for Big Data: Prepping the Data Warehouse
Big Data implementations bring their own problems and issues, and will require database administrators and support staff to redesign the data warehouse architecture. Here's how.
More Tips for New (and old) DBAs
Following up on the popular article: Tips for New DBAs, author Craig Outcalt tackles three more issues including customer support and why you should learn T-SQL.
The Abstract DBA
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Today Andy talks about his changing role as a DBA and how many tasks he doesn't need to handle anymore.
Workaround for lack of support for constraints on SQL Server Memory-Optimized Tables
SQL Server 2014 offers In-Memory OLTP, but you may be hesitant to use this because of the lack of support for constraints on Memory-Optimized Tables. In this tip we will see how we can solve these issues.
Test-Driven Development of T-SQL Code
Learn how to incorporate Test-Driven Development practices into your database development methodology with TSQLUnit.
SQL Saturday #264 - Ancona, Italy
SQL Saturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held Dec 13 2013 at Università Politecnica delle Marche - Ancona, Italy. This SQL Saturday will feature 3 tracks focused on BI, DBA, and Development.
T-SQL Best Practices - Don't Use Scalar Value Functions in Column List or WHERE Clauses
A classic article by Gerg Larsen explaining how and how not to use a function within your T-SQL statements. Where you place your function within your T-SQL statements determines how your query will be processed and can severely impact the query execution plan and the performance of your query.
Visitor Parking
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. There are often issues with how we get along with each other at work. Andy asks how you might handle a tough decision over a simple problem.
Blogs
A Cloud Dependency Failure from Amazon
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Deploying AI in logistics (the unfiltered version)
A conversation with Jan Laš, CIO at HOPI, about what deploying a data agent...
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Invitation: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
It's time for T-SQL Tuesday #198! This month's topic is change detection. The post T-SQL...
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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