Different Ways to Populate the List of Tables
A database administrator has various tasks and responsibilities. Managing and keeping track of the database is one of […]
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First Normal Form Gets No Respect
Dr. Codd first described the relational model in a paper in Communications of the ACM (CACM 13 […]
[Video] Office Hours at the Arctic Circle
Just after passing the Arctic Circle marker and celebrating with a glass of champagne, I took your top-voted […]
Fabric: My Content compilation
Microsoft Fabric was first announced during Microsoft BUILD. Since then, I’m publishing content about Microsoft Fabric, creating […]
[Video] Office Hours Off the Coast of Norway
Come join me in my cabin aboard the Hurtigruten Nordlys, sailing up the coast of Norway, and we’ll […]
Something’s Up with Parallelism in Azure SQL DB Serverless
Or perhaps another way to phrase that is, Microsoft is up to something with parallelism. I don’t know […]
SQL Server Row Level Security Deep Dive. Part 6 ...
As seen in the previous section, there are several ways bad actors can attempt to bypass RLS. […]
Normalize strings to optimize space and searches
While this article is specifically geared to SQL Server, the concepts apply to any relational database platform. […]
Which of These Azure Courses Would You Attend?
A member of the community (no, it’s not me) is thinking about offering a live training course and […]
Getting Started with Power Query M Language in Excel
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Sentiment Analysis with IA
Introduction In this article, we will do sentiment analysis of text stored in SQL Server with comments about […]
PostgreSQL 101: A guide to PostgreSQL documentation & useful resources
In the latest webinar of our PostgreSQL 101 series, join Ryan Booz, PostgreSQL Advocate at Redgate, and Grant […]
Profiler and Server Side Traces
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Sending Multiple Attachments in Email from Azure Data Factory Pipeline
Introduction The problem statement is to send email from Azure Data Factory Pipeline with one or more attachments […]
T-SQL Fundamentals: Controlling Duplicates
When people start learning a new field, for example T-SQL, it’s tempting to spend very little time […]
[Video] Office Hours at the Munch Museum in Oslo
While in Norway for Data Saturday Oslo, I set up my camera gear by the Munch Museum to […]
Microsoft Fabric and the Delta Tables Secrets
Microsoft Fabric storage uses OneLake and Delta Tables, the core storage of all Fabric objects, as explained […]
[Video] Office Hours at Dyrhólaey Overlooking Puffins & Black Sand ...
Got Azure SQL DB and SQL Server questions? Post them at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and I’ll answer the top-voted ones. […]
Introduction to Using Bitbucket and CI/CD for Your App
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The pros and cons of multicloud networking
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It’s Probably Time to Upgrade Your Cloud VMs.
If you’ve been in Azure or Amazon for a few years, you’re probably on old, slow hardware. In […]
SQL Server Row Level Security Deep Dive. Part 5 – ...
As mentioned in previous sections, RLS is an addition to security and should not be used as […]
Restore With Standby; A Review and A Lesson Learned
There are features of SQL Server I use often and consider to understand reasonably well, features I know […]
AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals Certification Exam Tips and Tricks
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MySQL joins
Tables in a MySQL database are commonly related to one another, often in multiple ways, and it […]
Analyze and Tune SQL Server Statistics
Over the years, SQL Server Statistics have been discussed in countless blog posts, articles, and presentations, and […]
How Would You Design This: Scheduling Classes
One of the challenges for many database developers is coming up with a good design that not only […]
New Amazon X2iedn High-Memory Instances
Amazon just announced new X2iedn instance types for Amazon RDS SQL Server. They’re a sweet deal for people […]
Microsoft Fabric: Checking and Fixing Tables V-Order Optimization
Download the notebook used on this blog I explained in a previous article how the Tables in […]
[Video] Office Hours at Svínafellsjökull Glacier in Iceland
Got Azure SQL DB and SQL Server questions? Post them at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and I’ll answer the top-voted ones. […]
How Effective Is Your Data Load Monitoring in SQL and ...
As organizations load an increasing amount of data from different sources into their data warehouses, monitoring these data […]
GPT Base, GPT-3.5 Turbo & GPT-4: What's the difference?
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12 Office Hours Questions I Don’t Have Answers For
Hey, you! You look smart. Here are highly-upvoted questions that fellow readers submitted at https://pollgab.com/room/brento that I don’t […]
Interactive Data Analytics With PowerShell, SQL, and ChatGPT (Sample Script)
Learn about the integration of PowerShell, SQL Server data, and ChatGPT for interactive data analytics.
Alternatives To SQL-2022 Built-in function GREATEST
If you haven’t already heard, SQL 2022 has introduced a new built-in system function called GREATEST. Simply […]
PostgreSQL 101: A guide to PostgreSQL documentation & useful resources
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GENERATE_SERIES() Breaks Minimal Logging
tl;dr The title says it all. Prologue One of the keys to my personal learning is that, very […]
SQL Server Execution Plan Issues when using TOP Clause and ...
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SQL Server Row Level Security Deep Dive. Part 4 – ...
One of the primary reasons to implement RLS is to facilitate reporting and ease the administrative burden. […]
How To Filter SQL Server Data in Windows PowerShell
Explore techniques for filtering SQL Server data using both PowerShell and SQL queries.
Backup and Restore SQL Database to Azure Blob Storage
SQL databases are crucial for businesses, so it’s critical to back them up. A dependable and affordable option […]
Generate Test Data Sets for Testing SQL Server Database Applications
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Announcing SQLBits 2024: 19-23 March, Near London
I hate picking favorites, but I gotta be honest: SQLBits is my favorite conference. Sure, like any conference, […]
Microsoft Fabric: Using notebooks and table partitioning to convert files ...
When Microsoft Fabric was born, the only method to convert files to tables was using notebooks. Nowadays […]
[Video] Office Hours at Breiðamerkursandur, Diamond Beach
Post your Azure SQL DB and SQL Server questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and upvote the ones you’d like to […]
“Oops, I Lost My Indexes in Azure SQL DB.”
I got an interesting request for consulting, and I’m going to paraphrase it: We were using Azure SQL […]
How To Visualize SQL Server Data in PowerShell (With Sample ...
Learn how to use data from a SQL Server database to create graphs and charts in PowerShell. A […]
What’s Faster: IN or OR? Columnstore Edition
Pinal Dave recently ignited a storm of controversy when he quizzed readers about which one of these would […]
Webinar: The Impact of the Cloud on Databases
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How to create a SQL Server presentation in 5 minutes ...
Introduction This SQLServerCentral article shows how to create a SQL Server presentation in 5 minutes using AI. AI […]