Is SQL Server 2019 More CPU-Intensive Than SQL Server 2016?
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How to use the SQL WHERE Clause with Examples
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Passing parameters to query without TVFs
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Database Monitoring: The ROI of Build vs. Buy
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Office Hours: Questions That Didn’t Make the Cut
Sometimes, y’all post questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and they don’t get a lot of upvotes, and reading through ’em, […]
[Video] Office Hours in Cartagena, Colombia
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The future of AI in solving database challenges
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Paging Data in T-SQL
Sometimes when working with very large sets of data, you may not want to return all of […]
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ChatGPT and PowerShell – Some practical examples
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New functions in SQL Server 2022 – LEFT_SHIFT and RIGHT_SHIFT
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The Basics of PostgreSQL Views
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What are the biggest challenges organizations face in their digital ...
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SQL Server .WRITE() Function to Update VARCHAR(MAX), NVARCHAR(MAX) and VARBINARY(MAX) ...
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Slow Startup, Failover, and Restore Times with In-Memory OLTP
When In-Memory OLTP came out, I worked with it briefly, and I remember coming away thinking, “Who in […]
The SELECT Statement in Oracle
The SELECT statement is used to retrieve information from a database. Following the execution of a SELECT […]
Recording What’s Changed when Running Oracle Migrations with Flyway
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Are PostgreSQL memory parameters magic?
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How to Install the AdventureWorks Sample Database in Azure SQL ...
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Find Invalid Objects in SQL Server
One of the most important responsibilities of any database administrator is to maintain the integrity of the database, […]
On-Demand Webinar – Monitoring: The ROI of Build vs. Buy
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How to Implement CI/CD in Azure Data Factory (ADF)
Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) are integral parts of the software development lifecycle. As a Data Engineer/ […]
SELECT DISTINCT SQL Command to Return a Unique List of ...
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Build a Better WordPress Archives Page Using MySQL
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Complex Production Database Deployments and Flyway
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AWS Lambdas with C#
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I’m Coming to Boston for SQLSaturday!
I’m coming back to Boston for SQLSaturday this October 14th! On Friday the 13th (muhaha), before the event, […]
Synapse Serverless and Dedicated Pool: The differences no one told ...
The basic differences between Synapse Serverless and the Dedicated pool are obvious: While the serverless doesn’t store […]
Optional Code in T-SQL Scripts using SQLCMD
When you are writing T-SQL scripts to save away, for example one to create a new database, […]
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Snowflake for SQL Server Developers – NULL Functions – Part ...
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ChatGPT in SQL Server – Practical examples
Introduction ChatGPT in SQL Server In this article, we will learn some basic examples of ChatGPT in SQL […]
Understanding Azure Synapse Analytics Pricing
Introduction Azure Synapse Analytics combines data integration, enterprise data warehousing, and data analytics. It is a cloud-based limitless […]
How to Improve the Quality of Database Releases using Clones
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Creating Animated Line Plots with Python
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Retrieving MySQL data from within Python
Applications of all types commonly access MySQL to retrieve, add, update, or delete data. The applications might […]
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Back in 2020 before the wheels came off the world, I’d scheduled visits to Gothenburg and Oslo for […]
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Testing before coding: shifting farther left
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Getting Out of Character
Pre-Unicode Younger programmers have grown up with ASCII and Unicode as the only ways of representing character […]
Can You Nest Transactions in SQL Server?
To find out, let’s set up a simple status log table: DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.StatusLog; CREATE TABLE […]