Database monitoring should be as simple as possible, and yet still allow the users to drill into sufficient detail to be able to recommend a fix to the problem. The trick is to adopt a layered or 'tiered' approach.
2023-04-03
Learn how you can shrink your transaction log files serially, one by one.
2023-03-31
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When working with Snowflake, it is important to understand the different types of tables available and when to use each one. In this tutorial, we will compare Snowflake temporary and transient tables, highlight their similarities and differences, and provide examples of when to use each type of table.
2023-03-31
Flyway's output is often overwhelmed with verbose messages, most of which we can ignore but some of which provide vital warnings about failed compilations, or useful details about what a migration or callback did. I'll show how to use some pipeline-aware PowerShell functions to filter out and save the bits we want and pass the results along in a form that is useful to the next process in the pipeline.
2023-03-29
There might be a time when you might want to return just a few rows of a result set, instead of the complete set. This might be useful if you want to just validate a selection criteria or a few rows of data. For whatever the reason the TOP clause can be used to return a specific number or a percentage of rows from a result set. This article will cover using the TOP clause in a SELECT statement and how it can be used to return a partial set of records.
2023-03-29
This article looks at an interesting way to help your users get filtered data from a TVF instead of using a stored procedure or specialized view.
2023-03-27
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In this webinar, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Grant Fritchey, is joined by our expert panel to share the pros and cons to building a monitoring system versus purchasing one.
2023-03-27
With the SQL WHERE clause in SQL Server, users can filter their query results in many ways. In most cases, we do not utilize all the options the WHERE clause provides, so we tend to forget that they exist. In this SQL tutorial, we will look at several examples of how to use the WHERE clause.
2023-03-27
Learn about how you can work with your SQL Server data from C#. A good basic tutorial for beginning C# developers.
2023-03-24
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This article covers the concepts of roles, schemas, grants, privileges, and owners and the similarities and differences in SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
2023-03-24
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Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
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