SQL Update Statement with Join in SQL Server vs Oracle vs PostgreSQL
In this article we look at the different SQL syntax you need to use when updating data when joining tables for SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL.
2021-01-29
SQL Server
SQL Server interview questions for experienced developers
SQL Server tech interview questions must be well crafted to make sure the candidate actually knows the topic. In this article, Sergey Gigoyan provides his favorite questions for interviewing SQL Server developers.
2021-01-27
Is Tempdb Causing a Bottleneck?
One of your SQL Server instance shows a major dip in performance or throughput, affecting all the user databases. You notice that the slow interludes coincide, as if orchestrated. On investigation, it appears that several transactions running over that period were using a lot of space in tempdb. However, which of them, if any, are causing the tempdb bottleneck, and why?
2021-01-26
Create SQL Server Graphics with ggplot2 and R Services
Learn how to create charts and graphs with R and how you can use R code in SSMS to generate and save graphs to an external file.
2021-01-26
Power Query or SQL Server? Which, when and why
When it comes to developing a Power BI report, we can use it for accessing data, transforming the data, and turning the data into information using visuals. With no doubt Power BI can do the job from beginning to end. Now, this is not the only, nor necessarily the best, tool for all the steps […]
2021-01-25
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Heaps in SQL Server: Part 4 PFS contention
When inserting rows into a heap, SQL Server must sometimes update the PFS page which can PFS contention and affect performance. In this article, Uwe Ricken demonstrates how to measure PFS contention.
2021-01-25
Power BI Merge Queries and Append Queries
In this tip we will cover how to use merge and append in Power BI to add additional data to a dataset that can then be used in reports and visuals
2021-01-22
Gitflow Workflow Feature Branching for SQL Database Projects
Learn how to use Gitflow workflow to meet the needs of developing new database related features and how to deploy these database changes.
2021-01-21
How to Batch Updates A Few Thousand Rows at a Time
In this post, Brent explains how to use a combination of two separate topics that he has blogged about recently.
2021-01-20
SQL Server Monitoring for all Availability Groups
In this article we present a PowerShell script that can help you monitor all of your SQL Server Availability Groups in your environment.
2021-01-18
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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