Mental Health and Wellness Day 2022
Our annual mental health and wellness day is slated to happen on 8th April 2022. We have a fantastic lineup,schedule as below. For more details on speakers and sessions refer to our blog post here.
Post-migration Validation and Optimization Guide
SQL Server post migration step is very crucial for reconciling any data accuracy and completeness, as well as uncover performance issues with the workload.
SQL Unit Testing reference guide for beginners
In this article, we are going to learn the basics of SQL unit testing and how to write a SQL unit test through the tSQLt framework.
Understanding Power BI Security Options - Row-Level, Column-Level and Object-Level Security
In this article, learn how to control access levels to various data and parts of Power BI reports using row-level security as well as column and object-level security.
Advice for Business
Some advice from Steve and Sam Altman, whether you work in business or want to build one.
Machine learning K-Means applied to SQL Server data
This article shows how to use Python to access data in SQL Server and produce a K-Means analysis with a chart.
Using a SQL Tokenizer
Imagine this: you have several directories full of SQL script files, and you need to know where a certain table is used. You’d rather like the context too, so you can check the whole SQL Expression and work out why it is running so slowly.
Has AI Changed Software Development?
Generative AI is everywhere, but especially in software development. Is it helping us? Steve has a few thoughts.
Dijkstra's Algorithm
Introduction This article celebrates a classic algorithm [1] of Dijkstra (1930 – 2002) which finds a path of minimal cost between any pair of nodes in an undirected graph. His procedure is widely recognized as a fundamental tool for examining communication and transportation networks (eg. Google Maps) and is surprisingly simple. By his own admission, […]
Projects To Showcase Your Skills
A good way to showcase your skills is by working through and documenting a project and solution. Steve notes today that this is important in today's hiring market and asks for sample projects you might suggest for others.
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...
Forums
Experimental Verification of the NKTg Law on 8 Planets (NASA 2024 Data, SQL)
Nguyen Khanh Tung Email: traiphieu.com@gmail.com ORCID: 0009-0002-9877-4137 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract This article presents a numerical...
Work out closing balance using opening balance of prior month
Hello, I think I need a recursive cte query but unsure of the logic....
Question of the Day
Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
True or False: Tables with a SPARSE column consume more space than regular columns if most values are NOT NULL.
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