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.
Microsoft's Log Parser Utility: Swell ETL
For loading text, CSV or XML files into SQL Server, the Log Parser utility, with its amazing SQL engine, is likely to be the obvious choice. Although initially developed purely for converting IIS logs, the Log Parser can turn its hand to a range of formats including even event logs or the Windows registry.
Checking Up on Developers
This Friday Steve Jones has a poll about developers. Help compile a good list of common mistakes made in SQL Server.
Prevent overlapping of time events with an indexed view
Prevent overlapping of time events with an indexed view.
Introducing the Red Gate SSMS Ecosystem
The Red Gate SSMS Ecosystem is a framework that makes it easy to develop, share and manage SSMS add-ins. We aim to help add-in developers build everything from homegrown solutions and community-driven projects to commercial solutions provided by partner companies. We hope that DBAs and database developers will benefit from better integrated tools.
Understanding Microsoft Power BI – Self Service Solutions
This article discusses Microsoft Power BI, different tools under the Microsoft Power BI umbrella and when each of them can be used.
Content in the Cloud
Steve Jones has some concerns over new options in SQL Server 2014 that might lead some customers to experiment in a way that causes them unexpected pain.
Blogs
5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break...
The Book of Redgate: Taking Breaks
By Steve Jones
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation...
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers