This article helps to create a data flow in Azure Data Factory, add conditional split logic to the flow, and transfer data from a file to an Azure SQL Database.
2021-07-05 (first published: 2021-06-04)
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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?
2021-07-05
When you’re working with T-SQL, you’ll often see SET NOCOUNT ON at the beginning of stored procedures and triggers. What SET NCOUNT ON does is prevent the “1 row affected” messages from being returned for every operation. Read Brent's blog to see him demo it by writing a stored procedure in the Stack Overflow database.
2021-07-05
See a simple demonstration of how Kafka can stream events for changes to data in SQL Server tables.
2021-07-02 (first published: 2021-05-27)
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Compare the schemas of two SQL Server databases using SQL Compare command line then quickly produce a diff report showing you immediately which tables, views and functions have changed.
2021-07-02
Formatting Power BI visuals can be tedious. In this article, Adam Aspin explains custom Power BI themes that will save you time when creating reports.
2021-07-02
Troubleshooting Performance Problems is not very easy process and can be complicated when it comes to identifying problems with JIRA application.
2021-06-30 (first published: 2021-05-27)
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The transaction log file for a SQL Server database critical for for maintaining database integrity. In this article, Greg Larsen explains SQL Server transaction log architecture.
2021-06-30
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?
2021-06-30
One of the problems to which I keep returning is finding the best way to read and apply documentation for databases. As part of a series of articles I'm doing for Redgate's Product Learning, I've been demonstrating how to maintain a single source of database documentation, in JSON, and then add and update the object […]
2021-06-28 (first published: 2021-05-28)
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By Chris Yates
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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