Handy TSQL for Azure SQL Database
I do not always use the Azure portal to make database changes or to check for certain information. I use...
2018-05-14
323 reads
All About SQL
Extended Events – Using Azure Storage
Last year I wrote about Azure SQL Database extended events (https://blobeater.blog/2017/02/06/using-extended-events-in-azure/) and gave an example where I was capturing deadlocks...
2018-05-21 (first published: 2018-05-08)
1,429 reads
Getting my Twitter Data via Azure Logic Apps
As a mini project I wanted to use Azure logic apps to pull tweets from my twitter account when people...
2018-05-02
333 reads
Azure SQL Database – A Copying “Gotcha”
Creating copies of your Azure SQL Database is a common and relatively simple process. You can issue a TSQL statement...
2018-04-24
354 reads
Azure SQL Database vCore
vCore based performance levels are very new, currently in preview and not yet rolled out to all Azure regions (The...
2018-04-24 (first published: 2018-04-16)
2,375 reads
Azure SQL DW – Let’s Shuffle?
Initially, the main focus of this post was going to be quick and about using the latest version of SSMS...
2018-04-12
875 reads
Azure SQL Database and Columnstore Indexes
I have come to understand the importance of using columnstore indexes when my queries are aggregating and scanning across many...
2018-04-19 (first published: 2018-04-09)
2,215 reads
4 Improvements to Azure SQL Database
If I was a wizard I would make these 4 improvements to Azure SQL Database. They are in no particular...
2018-04-12 (first published: 2018-04-05)
2,182 reads
Azure SQL Database – Failed to Delete Database Nightmare
After demo building and testing features out within Azure SQL Database I like to delete the databases to save costs....
2018-04-03
372 reads
Database Has Been Paused
I was looking forward to do some work with Azure SQL Data Warehouse (DWH) when I hit the new query...
2018-04-03 (first published: 2018-03-27)
3,464 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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