In this article we look at solving SQL Server database restore issue when backup file does not show up in SSMS restore GUI as well as other permissions issues with backup and restore.
2021-08-23
Learn how to gather metadata information about the files being processed in your ADF pipeline.
2021-08-20
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SQL Server perfmon counters provide a wealth of information about performance. In this article, Fabiano Amorim shows how current wisdom about one counter, SQL Compilations/sec, can sometimes be misleading.
2021-08-20
During database development, as well as writing SQL, you must also write the tests that prove your SQL code meets all the requirements. The article will help you get started with database testing for your SQL Server databases, by creating and running unit tests against them, as well as static code analysis tests.
2021-08-20
Learn how to use the CData MySQL connector to access data across SSH.
2021-08-18
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Instant file initialization can speed up database creation, file growth, and restores. Greg Larsen explains how to configure it and how it works.
2021-08-18
We're thrilled to welcome Microsoft as the Premier Sponsor at this year's PASS Data Community Summit. The Microsoft team will be a fundamental part of the conference program and activities through educational sessions, product deep-dives and announcements, Microsoft-focused workshops, keynotes, and more. We're excited to continue this relationship in support of the global data community.
2021-08-18
One of the lesser used functions is COALESCE(), used to allow you to return one value from a list of those that are potentially NULL. This short pieces gives a few examples where this is useful?
2021-08-16
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In this article we look at the similarities and differences for views in SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL. We also look at indexed views, materialized views and updatable views.
2021-08-16
When you are using Flyway, how can you test your database migration script first to make sure it works exactly as you intended before you let Flyway execute it? Phil Factor explains.
2021-08-16
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Many customers ask me about the advantages of moving from Azure Synapse Analytics to...
By Brian Kelley
The last data centric conference I attended was the PASS Summit in 2019. A...
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I have this data in a SQL Server 2019 database:
Customer table CustomerID CustomerName 1 Steve 2 Andy 3 Brian 4 Allen 5 Devin 6 Sally OrderHeader table OrderID CustomerID OrderDate 1 1 2024-02-01 2 1 2024-03-01 3 3 2024-04-01 4 4 2024-05-01 6 4 2024-05-01 7 3 2024-06-07 8 2 2024-04-07I want a list of all customers and their order counts for a period of time, including zero orders. If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT c.CustomerName, COUNT(oh.OrderID) FROM dbo.Customer AS c LEFT JOIN dbo.OrderHeader AS oh ON oh.CustomerID = c.CustomerID WHERE oh.Orderdate > '2024/04/01' GROUP BY c.CustomerNameSee possible answers