Database Deployment with Terraform - The Basics
Learn the basics of using Terraform to declaratively specify how to configure resources in infrastructure.
2022-10-17 (first published: 2022-08-26)
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Wagner Crivelini
Database Deployment with Terraform - Modules
Deploy resources in Azure using reusable code with Terraform modules.
2022-10-10
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System-Versioned Temporal Tables - A Case Study
A short look at temporal tables and how to deal with the system generated historical tables.
2021-03-29
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TDE BYOK and Geo-Replication in Azure SQL DB
Recently a customer asked me for help with setting up a test of an Azure SQL Database in the single database tier with Geo-Replication to work with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with a customer-managed key, also known as Bring Your Own Key (BYOK). It is very simple to do it when you use service-managed keys, […]
2020-07-21
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Cursors for T-SQL Beginners
Should we really avoid cursors? See how to rewrite code to avoid cursors and also analyze the implications.
2011-05-27 (first published: 2009-01-01)
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SQL and the JOIN Operator
How the JOIN operator works, the different types of JOINs and relevant information about joining tables.
2011-03-03 (first published: 2009-10-07)
47,475 reads
Do You Really Need Surrogate Keys? Part 1 – Concepts and Methods
This is the first of a series of articles to analyze the use of surrogate keys in different scenarios.
2010-10-25
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2009-05-19
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
normal role member to be able to view list of other role members in his DB
Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...
Stairway to Snowflake Level 5 - Using Snowflake with SnowSQL and Visual Studio Code
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Snowflake Level 5...
Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers