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T-shaped knowledge and learning about the cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #108
Upper management at my company has started asking for something called T-Shaped knowledge. The idea is that we have a broad range of knowledge in an area that may not be overly deep and one or more...
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Volleyball season is approaching. Practice started last week for the team that I’m coaching this year, and I’m excited. I look forward to teaching and competing with a new group of athletes each year....
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Creating a data hub for your analytics with PolyBase
Data is the new currency of the digital world, and Microsoft is uniquely positioned to help businesses and consumers get the most out of their data assets. With the leading database in the world, SQL...
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Learning Better Presentation Skills (T-SQL Tuesday #108)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Malathi Mahadevan ( @SqlMal ). The topic is to pick one thing I would like to learn that is not SQL Server . I’m going to go a different direction than I think...
View ArticleT-SQL Tuesday #108 Logic Apps & Cognitive Services
For this 108th edition of T-SQL Tuesday, Malathi Mahadevan ( b | t ) has come up with a wonderful topic non SQL Server technologies . As the Microsoft data platform continues to expand, our jobs as...
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Importance of transaction log in SQL Server
Importance of transaction log in SQL Server Transaction logs are a vital and important component of database architecture. In this article, we’ll discuss transaction logs, importance, and their role in...
View ArticleSDU Tools: List Mismatched Database Collations in SQL Server
Anyone who's worked with SQL Server for any length of time has probably run into collation issues . They will have seen something like this: SQL Server Error: Cannot resolve the collation conflict In...
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SQL Server Auditing for HIPAA and SOX Part 4
The series so far: Introduction to HIPAA and SOX ― Part 1 HIPAA and Database Administration ― Part 2 SOX and Database Administration ― Part 3 SQL Server Auditing for HIPAA and SOX ― Part 4 Your...
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Querying SQL Server Tables from .NET
By:Artemakis Artemiou | Last Updated: 2018-11-14 || Related Tips:More > Application Development Problem In one of myprevious tips, I've talked about how you can get started with SQL Server and...
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Character Map Transformations in SQL Server Integration Services
By:Bhavesh Patel | Last Updated: 2018-11-14 || Related Tips:More > Integration Services Data Flow Transformations Problem The SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Character Map transformation...
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T-SQL Tuesday #108 Non SQL Server Technologies
T-SQL Tuesday #108 Non SQL Server Technologies KamilN78 Posted on 13 November 2018 Comments It’s T-SQL Tuesday #108. This month’s topic is hosted by Malathi Mahadevan (B|T) and she asks us to… “pick...
View ArticleEnhanced AlwaysOn High Availability with SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2014 has been available in a variety of versions and functionalities since the beginning of April, bringing many new features and improvements to cloud integration and scalability in...
View ArticleUnderstanding log buffer flushes
You’ve probably heard many times before that SQL Server provides a guarantee for ACID transaction properties. This article focuses on the D part, which of course stands for durability. More...
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Columnstore Indexes and Key Lookups The Worst
November 14, 2018 Leave a comment Key Lookups are one of my least favorite SQL Server execution plan operators. This is where for each record in an index seek, SQL Server goes back to the clustered...
View ArticleDeep Dive On Log Buffer Flushes
The way SQL Server enforces transaction durability, in part, is by ensuring that all of the transaction’s changes are written to the database’s transaction log on disk before returning control to the...
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Adventures In Foreign Keys 3: A Cascade Of Badness
Legendreary In the last post, I looked at some issues with implementing foreign keys with cascading actions . Namely that, well, it fell apart pretty quickly just trying to set up. I didn’t even get to...
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEADD()
Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEADD() Randolph West Posted on 14 November 2018 Comments We are now in the home stretch of the long-running series about dates and times in SQL Server and Azure SQL...
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Columnstore enhancements in SQL Server 2019 Part 2
Data compression is required to reduce database storage size as well as improving performance for the existing data. SQL Server 2008 introduced Data compression as an enterprise version feature....
View ArticleNew live online training class in March: Columnstore Indexes
Continuing our series of live, online classes, Jonathan will be delivering his new IECS: Immersion Event on Columnstore Indexes in March! The class will be delivered live via WebEx or GoToMeeting...
View ArticleTSQL Tuesday #108 Learning to Learn
G’day, One attribute that I think is more relevant today than ever is to have a broad base of skills with the ability to go deep when needed. This requires the ability to learn quickly when needed....
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