SQL LIKE Statement for Various Text Patterns
In this article, we look at how to use SQL LIKE statement to find various text patterns contained within a set of text along with many different examples of how to use LIKE.
2022-11-16
Articles
Convert UNIX Timestamps to DATE/TIMEs in SQL Server - Part#1
In Unix, a timestamp is a whole number that represents a date and time. Learn how we can convert those correctly in SQL Server.
2022-11-15 (first published: 2022-09-14)
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Tutorial to Create a Power BI Report Using PostgreSQL
Learn how you can use PostgreSQL data in a Power BI report.
2022-11-14
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Build Your Own SQL Server Central Monitoring Solution with PowerShell
In this article, we look at how to use PowerShell scripts to query all of your SQL Server instances to build your own central monitoring solution.
2022-11-14
How monitoring tools can help you excel at your job
Want to make the most of your scarce resources and do your job even better? Join us at PASS Data Community Summit, from November 15-18, and learn how database monitoring tools can speed up your maintenance tasks and give you the time to support strategic initiatives.
2022-11-14
The Art of Data Ingestion - Part 1
Data movement is a fundamental piece of a data engineer’s duties, and recently I’ve been thinking about the art of data movement. What are some of the most important pieces that a data engineer needs to think about when confronted with data ingestion? There is of course data exporting as well, and in that case, […]
2022-11-11
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Join a community like no other at Summit
There's less than one week until PASS Data Community Summit takes place, and there's still time to register for an in-person or online pass, and unlock access to over 300 world-class sessions. Join liked-minded attendees at the year's largest hybrid data platform conference. Register now.
2022-11-11
Refresh a Power BI Dataset using Microsoft Power Automate
Learn how to refresh a Power BI dataset by integrating Power Automate into the report.
2022-11-11
Women as Tech Leads – Tackling the Challenges at the Data Community Summit
The WIT panel at this year's PASS Data Community Summit includes a number of women who will answer questions on growing your career and rising up the org chart within your organization.
2022-11-09 (first published: 2022-11-08)
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Backing up MySQL Part 1: mysqldump
mysqldump is one of the most popular database backup tools in the MySQL world. The tool is prevalent partly because it’s very basic and quite powerful – mysqldump database backup tool is command line-based, very simple and very straightforward to use. As far as MySQL or its flavors (MariaDB and Percona Server) are concerned, this command line-based tool is one of the top choices for junior and senior database engineers across the world alike.
2022-11-09
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Incremental Statistics
I have run this on SQL Server 2022 for the Sales database:
ALTER DATABASE Sales SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS ON (INCREMENTAL = ON)I then run this in the Sales database:
USE Sales GO CREATE STATISTICS CustomerStats1 ON dbo.Customer (CustomerKey, EmailAddress) WITH INCREMENTAL = OFFThe dbo.Customer table is partitioned. How are statistics created? See possible answers