The SELECT statement is used to retrieve information from a database. Following the execution of a SELECT statement, a tabular result is held in a result table (called a result set). It allows you to select the table columns depending on a set of criteria. In this article, I will introduce the basic SELECT statement fetching data from just one table.
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This article explains how these ‘ephemeral databases’ can be used to improve development and testing processes in ways that reduce the number of bugs entering the deployment pipeline, drive up the quality of database releases, and so improve the reliability and speed of database deployments to production.
2023-05-15
Learn a number of methods to view or programmatically get the SQL Server instance startup time.
2023-05-12
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In order to focus on their primary task of developing databases, the development team need to automate as many as possible of the routine tasks that are essential for database delivery, such as testing, scripting, version control, documentation, code review, reporting and so on. This article gives some advice on how to do it, faced with the added challenge of needing to use several different relational databases.
2023-04-28
In this webinar, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Grant Fritchey, is joined by our expert panel to share the pros and cons to building a monitoring system versus purchasing one.
2023-03-27
In this article, you will learn how to configure an RDS database for connections from client tools.
2022-11-23 (first published: 2022-11-21)
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In this article, you will learn how to configure an RDS database for connections from client tools.
2022-11-21
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Deploy resources in Azure using reusable code with Terraform modules.
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Learn the basics of using Terraform to declaratively specify how to configure resources in infrastructure.
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This article discusses how the cloud and other technologies help companies to manage their data appropriately in the modern world.
2022-03-23
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