Metrics that matter for IT organizations on an agile journey
Measuring the wrong things is worse than not measuring anything. In this article, Mallika Gunturu explains the right things to measure for agile.
2022-08-12
Articles
Searching a Flyway Database
As a database gets larger, and development more complex, so it becomes increasingly necessary to be able to search for strings in the source files and the database itself. Maybe you need to find when a table first got created, when a foreign key was added, or to find out which tables lack documentation. I'll show you how to answer these sorts of questions by running simple 'wildcard' searches on your Flyway migration files, or source files, as well as more targeted searches on certain parts of your database model.
2022-08-12
Database DevOps: Standardize, Automate, Monitor & Protect
See how our end-to-end framework for extending DevOps to your database enables your organization to balance the demand to deliver software fast with the need to protect and preserve business critical data.
2022-08-10
Python Built-in Statistics Functions using SQL Server Data
Learn how to use statistical functions in Python with data from a SQL Server database along with several different examples.
2022-08-10
Business Analytics from Application Logs and SQL Server Database using Splunk
Learn how Splunk can be used to get information from application logs or a SQL Server database.
2022-08-08
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Building a Database with Flyway
Flyway, especially Flyway Teams edition, can be used in several different ways to accommodate a database development that was originally based on builds rather than migrations. This article explores four different ways to use Flyway to build a particular version of a database, from the ground up, using a single migration script. It should help teams select the best way to incorporate Flyway into an existing database build system, during development, while benefitting from use of Flyway's versioned migration system for deployments and releases.
2022-08-08
SQL Server vs Oracle: Data Masking
In this article, we look at how to mask/hide data for users using Dynamic Data Masking in SQL Server and Data Redaction in Oracle
2022-08-08
How to setup multi-subnets Azure SQL VM AG group based WSFC (Windows Server 2019)
In this article, we will learn how to set up Azure SQL VM AOAG based on Windows Server 2019 Failover Cluster step-by-step, it is a detailed supplement to the Microsoft official articles and it is a beginner's guide for people who have no experience to do that, please read this article closely with Mircosoft's guide: […]
2022-08-06 (first published: 2022-07-27)
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How to Format Dates in SQL Server (Hint: Don’t Use FORMAT!)
Here's why you should NEVER use the FORMAT() function in SQL Server.
2022-08-05
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[From the archives] 5 things to look for in a 3rd party database monitoring tool
Are you evaluating the effectiveness of your homegrown database monitoring tool or looking at investing in a 3rd party one? This helpful blog post suggests 5 things to look for in your evaluations.
2022-08-05
Blogs
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