Troubleshooting Mysterious Blocking Caused By sp_getapplock
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It’s almost time for Fundamentals Week! Have you signed up ...
The Monday after next, I’ll be getting together with dozens of smart people who are a lot like […]
Recursive CTEs: Transforming and Analyzing Data in PostgreSQL, Part 3
The first two articles in this series demonstrated how PostgreSQL is a capable tool for ELT – […]
Unlocking Power with Updatable Views in SQL Server
Relational database management systems (RDBMS) rely on Structured Query Language (SQL) as their foundation for data management and […]
Kubernetes For Complete Beginners
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Building a Culture of Data: The Technical Aspects
In the first part of this two-part series, I covered the mostly non-technical aspects of building a […]
Identifying Customer Buying Pattern in Power BI – Part 1
This article is part 1 of a retail analytics market-based analysis in Power BI. In part 1, we […]
Retrouvez la version d’origine
Savez-vous que les fichiers de données ou de sauvegarde de SQL Server embarquent l’information sur la version d’origine […]
Retrouvez la version d’origine
Savez-vous que les fichiers de données ou de sauvegarde de SQL Server embarquent l’information sur la version d’origine […]
[Video] Office Hours: Hong Kong Harbor
I recently went to Shanghai & Hong Kong, and stopped to take your questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento while sitting […]
Database Subsetting and Data Extraction
Let’s start by defining a subset and why you would require a data subset? When dealing with […]
Exploration Experience: Saving and Creating Datasets
I have been talking about Data Exploration in Power BI on many of my sessions, specially the […]
How to Have a Conversation About Software Licensing
As a consultant, I sometimes see SQL Servers with high CPU core counts relative to their workload. For […]
Full vs. Incremental Loads – Data Engineering with Fabric
The loading of data from a source system to target system has been well documented over the years. […]
Announcing Offline Access to Your BrentOzar.com Courses
So you’ve got an iPhone or iPad or Vision Pro, and you bought one of my training classes […]
Announcing GA of enhanced patching for SQL Server on Azure ...
We are pleased to announce the GA release of enhanced patching capabilities for SQL Server on Azure VMs […]
Snake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 2
In my previous post, I showed how to borrow a snake draft concept from fantasy football, or […]
Finding Sister Locations to Help Each Other: Answers & Discussion
The post Finding Sister Locations to Help Each Other: Answers & Discussion appeared first on SQLServerCentral.
Disaster Recovery and High Availability Solutions in SQL Server
When managing a database, ensuring data availability and integrity is paramount, especially in the face of hardware failures, […]
Snake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 1
I recently had a restore job where I needed to split the work up into multiple parallel […]
Fabric and Azure SQL in a few clicks: Mirroring a ...
Finally, mirroring is available for Fabric! You can mirror an Azure SQL to Fabric. It works for […]
Breaking Down DENSE_RANK(): A Step-by-Step Guide for SQL Enthusiasts
Introduction to SQL Window Functions In today’s data-driven world, SQL (Structured Query Language) stands as a cornerstone for […]
Cumulative Update #26 for SQL Server 2019 RTM
The 26th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2019 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft […]
[Video] Office Hours: Career & Data Q&A
A few career and security questions found their way into the queue at https://pollgab.com/room/brento for this episode: Here’s […]
How to Use Any SQL Database With Rust
Rust is emerging as a frontrunner for ensuring memory safety without sacrificing performance. Its growing popularity isn’t […]
Azure OpenAI and RAG Security
The most watched videos on my youtube channel are related to security. Azure SQL Networking Secrets and […]
Your Teammates Need the Fundamentals.
You’ve been reading my site for a while, watching videos, keeping up with the best SQL Server techniques. […]
SQL Server Plan Cache Bloat Performance Impacts
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Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU12
The Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU12 is now available for download at the Microsoft Download […]
Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU25
The Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM CU25 is now available for download at the Microsoft Download […]
Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM
The Security Update for SQL Server 2019 RTM GDR is now available for download at the Microsoft Download […]
Update: Security hotfixes released for ODBC and OLE DB drivers ...
We’ve released hotfix packages for the following drivers to address important security issues: Microsoft ODBC Driver 17.10.6 […]
Using ChatGPT for T-SQL Code Reviews
For this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, Pinal Dave asked us if AI has helped us with our SQL Server […]
Using Common Table Expressions: Transforming and Analyzing Data in PostgreSQL, ...
In the first article in this transforming data series, I discussed how powerful PostgreSQL can be in […]
Giving Feedback on Microsoft Data Platform Tools
As a data professional, there is a set of tools that you use on pretty much a […]
Joining Queries in Azure Data Factory on Cosmos DB Sources
This article illustrates how to join two queries using ADF (Azure data factory). Prerequisites First, prepare your data […]
SQL Server Patching Using PowerShell DSC
Introduction In the previous article we have seen how to install SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) using PowerShell […]
Introduction to Python including Installation, Jupyter Notebooks and Visual Studio ...
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[Video] Office Hours: Just Three Questions
Sometimes y’all post questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento that require extended answers. Today, I’m hitting just 3 questions: Here’s what […]
Released: SCOM Management Pack for Azure SQL Managed Instance (7.4.0.0)
An update to Azure SQL Managed Instance Management Pack is available (7.4.0.0). You can download the MP from […]
Dynamic Partitioning and a Simple Incremental Load
Let’s consider a simple statement for partitioning and save a table in a lakehouse: df.write.mode(« overwrite »).format(« delta »).partitionBy(« Year », »Month », »Day »).save(« Tables/ » + table_name) […]
Who’s Hiring in the Microsoft Data Platform Community? April 2024 ...
Is your company hiring for a database position as of April 2024? Do you wanna work with the […]
Use Fabric Data Factory to Load Data From a CSV ...
The post Use Fabric Data Factory to Load Data From a CSV File in Azure Blob Storage to […]
Building MongoDB Aggregations in MongoDB Compass
This article is part of Robert Sheldon’s continuing series on Mongo DB. To see all of the […]
Announcing Fundamentals Week, May 6-10
You’ve attended some of my free online streams, read my blog posts, and you use the First Responder […]
Provision Premium SSD v2 Storage for Microsoft SQL Server on ...
Guidance on choosing SQL Server storage options in Azure We’re excited to announce the public preview of the […]
Rapports Custom pour SSMS : SSMSInfoReports
Dans cette vidéo, je montre comment installer et utiliser mes "Custom Reports" pour SQL Server Management Studio. Les […]
Utiliser les indicateurs de requêtes pour aider l’optimiseur
Arian Papillon, @Datafly , MVP L’optimiseur de SQL Server décide du meilleur plan d’exécution et il s’en […]
Faire cohabiter le décisionnel et le Transactionnel dans SQL Server
Amar Adghar, Microsoft et Julien Pierre, Microsoft Le but de cette session est de comprendre les principes […]
Migrer un groupe de disponibilité AlwaysOn sans perte du cluster
Stéphane Scherrer, Microsoft et Sylvain Pagès, Devoteam – Comment migrer un Cluster WSFC et AlwaysOn AG sans […]