Choosing Data Types and Column Options
An entire post on choosing the correct data types either seems like overkill or much needed and […]
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Debugging T-SQL using Visual Studio
Hey folks – I’ve seen some comments and replies stating that folks cannot use the debugger with SSDT […]
MySQL Index Overviews: Composite B-Tree Indexes
Indexes in MySQL are one of the primary ways to enhance query performance and they are especially […]
Microsoft Fabric: Using Lakehouse data in Real Time Dashboards
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Is it still worth it to sponsor PASS Summit?
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[Video] Office Hours: Abrupt Intro Edition
Today’s Office Hours had a ton of technical difficulties because it was my first live stream on both […]
Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0.6, 5.1.6, 5.2.2
We have released updates to multiple supported versions of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient. The updates address several issues. Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0 […]
Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.0 Preview 1
Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.0 Preview 1 has been released. This release contains improvements and updates to the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient data provider […]
Hotfix: JDBC Driver 12.8.1 for SQL Server Released
We recently released an update to Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server, version 12.8.1. The update addresses a few […]
The Big IT Outage: Where are we going?
As you all know about, just a few weeks ago we had the big CrowdStrike global IT […]
Query Exercise Answers: Solving the 201 Buckets Problem
In this week’s Query Exercise challenge, I explained SQL Server’s 201 buckets problem. SQL Server’s statistics only handle […]
Bad Data and Dirty Databases
Many years ago, my wife and I wrote an article for Datamation, a major trade publication at […]
Microsoft Fabric Warehouse Security: Object-Level, Column-Level and Row-Level
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Is your DevOps strategy missing a vital link?
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About Half Of You Don’t Have Your Databases Under Control.
I ran a poll over on LinkedIn to find out if people have 100% of their databases under […]
EsProc SPL and SQL, Complimentary , But Different Technologies
Have you ever surfed the internet and felt overwhelmed by personalized advertisements that appear to know your […]
Big Northwind with AI
As part of my work with Redgate, I wanted to do some testing on our subsetting and masking […]
Announcement: System.Data.SqlClient package is now deprecated
We announced Microsoft.Data.SqlClient in the first half of 2019 and shipped the first stable package later that year. That release coincided with .NET […]
Effective Strategies for Storing and Parsing JSON in SQL Server
Like XML, JSON is an open standard storage format for data, metadata, parameters, or other unstructured or […]
SQL Local Variables and Performance Issues
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Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.1.7
We have released an update to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, version 3.1.7. The update addresses several issues. Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.1 is […]
[Video] Office Hours: Professional Development Q&A
I was supposed to be on a flight to Mexico, but had to cancel at the last minute. […]
Query Exercise: Solving The 201 Buckets Problem
When you run a query, SQL Server needs to estimate the number of matching rows it’ll find – […]
Introducing Schema Validation in MongoDB
This article is part of Robert Sheldon’s continuing series on Mongo DB. To see all of the […]
Auditing SQL Server – Part 3 – SQL Server Configuration ...
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A New and Improved Data Warehouse: Data Engineering with Fabric
Microsoft Fabric is their fourth version of a Data Warehouse. Back in September of 2008, Microsoft bought DATAllegro […]
Released: Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.1.6
We have released an update to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, version 3.1.6. The update addresses several issues. Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 3.1 is […]
Make Money Referring Folks to My Training!
YOU! Wanna make easy money? Black Friday is coming. Every November, we run a big sale on our […]
Auditing SQL Server – Part 4 – Database Configuration Audit
This continues my series on auditing SQL Server. The fist parts covered discovery and documentation, server level […]
LIKE Constraints
In this article, I will cover a bit about the LIKE operator, including how it works, and […]
Reduce SQL Server Blocking with READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT
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Data Prediction with SQL Server Machine Learning Services, Python, and ...
AI is increasingly becoming part of everyday life across various domains. For the uninitiated, AI which stands for […]
PostgreSQL Partitioning: The Most Useful Feature You May Never Have ...
Partitioning in PostgreSQL was for many years a feature almost entirely ignored, and even today is often […]
10 tips for Test Data Management success
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Recover a Database from Suspect Mode Step by Step
On 19th June 2024, the world faced a major outage. The computer on which the Windows operating system […]
Change Data Capture Pipeline Automation in Snowflake
This article offers technical guidance on automating updates and tracking changes of data examples using Snowflake’s CDC […]
[Video] Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About #SQLServer
I took your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento, including a few career-oriented ones: Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start […]
Thoughts Before Speaking at the Software Architecture Conference
Tomorrow, August 15, I have yet another conference where I’ll speak about MySQL’s performance. To be more […]
Modernize Microsoft SQL Server 2014 workloads with Azure
We take pride in delivering innovation with each new version of Microsoft SQL Server. However, there comes a […]
Query Exercise Answer: What Makes SELECT TOP 1 or SELECT ...
This Query Exercise was very different: I didn’t ask you to solve a particular problem. I pointed out […]
SSIS in One Hour: Hands-On Tutorial
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Introducing PASS Summit Charitable Organization Scholarship
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Summer 2024 (And Upcoming Gamification Badges)
The short story: SQL Server 2022 finally saw some growth this quarter! Two years after the release, 1 […]
As a SQL Server DBA, Postgres Backups Surprised Me.
Over the last week, I’ve been working on putting together a Postgres version of the Stack Overflow database, […]
MySQL vs PostgreSQL: Which Open-Source Database is right for you?
When I joined a growing startup company as a backend developer, we were at crossroads choosing between […]
Hiring in IT and Relevance of Domain Experience
We recently wanted to hire two candidates (SQL developers with around 5-10 years of experience) to join our […]
Microsoft Fabric: Moving Dataflows Gen 2 to different workspaces
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Introducing the pre-con schedule for PASS Summit 2024
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Free DBA Job Interview Q&A Course This Weekend
If you’re facing an upcoming SQL Server DBA job interview, or if you’re a manager who has to […]
Promote Simple Talks podcast episode 2: Coffee chat with Huxley ...
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