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Temporal Tables are awesome.
They make analyzing time-series data a cinch, and because they automatically track row-level history, rolling-back from an "oops" scenario doesn't mean...
2017-07-04
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SQL in 60 Seconds is a series where I share SQL tips and tricks that you can learn and start using in less than a minute.
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2017-06-27
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It's 4:30 pm on Friday and Mr. Manager comes along to tell you that he needs you to run some important ad-hoc analysis for...
2017-06-20
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Last week I presented my session "DBAs vs Developers: JSON in SQL Server 2016" at the online GroupBy Conference.
As I prepared for the event, I thought about all of...
2017-06-13
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Want to learn more about using JSON in SQL Server? Watch me present at the online GroupBy conference on June 9, 2017 at 8am.
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2017-06-06
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So you've started using temporal tables because they make your point-in-time analysis queries super easy.
Your manager is happy because you're getting historical data to...
2017-05-30
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Have you ever needed to look at what data in a table used to look like?
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2017-05-23
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Starting with the 2016 release, SQL Server offers native JSON support. Although the implementation is not perfect,...
2017-05-16
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Recently I've been working with JSON in SQL Server 2016 a lot.
One of the hesitations many people have with using JSON in SQL Server...
2017-05-09
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How many times have you written a program, ETL, analysis job, etc… that seemed like it would never finish running?
Although poor performance can be caused in a multitude of...
2017-05-02
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Which of these inputs is the smaller input to a hash join?
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