Query SQL Server with Python and Pandas
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Establishing a Connection to PostgreSQL with GoLang
Introduction In the modern era, Golang has been very popular as a programming language. Often developers building software need to connect to a PostgreSQL database from their Golang project making the use of the Go’s database package. This article will …
Power BI – How to Download and Get Started
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Columnstore Indexes are Finally Sorted in SQL Server 2022
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How to Add Invisible Indexes in SQL Server Enterprise Edition
Every now and then, a client says, “We want to add indexes to this third party application, but if we do, we’ll lose support.” No problem – enter indexed views. Say our vendor app is the Stack Overflow database, and the app cons …
PerfMon: Using SQL Server Performance Counters
Performance Monitor (PerfMon) is an inbuilt Windows Tool for monitoring all aspects of Windows and hosted applications such as SQL Server. Performance Metrics in PerfMon are referred to as counters. PerfMon counters can be visualized in real time. A Da …
DevOps Collaboration and Process Visibility in Flyway Developments
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Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for July 2022
Summer has turned the corner. Sure, right now the First Responder Kit is wearing its swimsuit, basking in the sun, but already as we speak, the days are getting shorter. It’s only going to be a matter of time before the Pumpkin Spice release of t …
SQL Server Pop Quiz: A Key Lookup Without the Index
How do we get this to show up in an execution plan: Without having an index seek or index scan operation on the same table? Take any copy of the Stack Overflow database and write a query that will produce a key lookup on the Users, table, but it’ …
How to Connect to an Analysis Services Database in Power BI
In this article, we will learn how to connect an Analysis Services database in Power BI. This article is oriented toward people who are learning SSAS and want to create some reports using Power BI. Multidimensional projects Analysis Services is an OLAP …
Taming Database Documentation with Flyway and MySQL
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T-SQL Comment Best Practices for SQL Server
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Linked Servers: a Peek Behind the Curtain
We recently received a support call from a Gallium Data user. He was executing queries on his instance of SQL Server, but these queries were getting mysteriously changed, which caused his logic in Gallium Data to not run as expected. What was going on? …
SQL Server 2022: Backup Database Options to AWS S3 Bucket – Part 2
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[From the archives] Your guide to choosing the right monitoring tool [Video]
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