A Bad Report Card
The Federal Communications Commission doesn't get a good report on it's data handling and management processes.
2008-03-24
60 reads
Editorials
Feature (In)Complete
A look at some of the interesting database news from the previous week (March 24, 2008).
2008-03-24
198 reads
Sharing
As humans we look to share with each other, but there are times that this can be a bad thing. Steve Jones has a poll asking you about your sharing habits.
2008-03-21
75 reads
Fire Drills
How often do you have those fire drills, testing what you would do in the event of an emergency. Would you be satisfied with a 30% success rate?
2008-03-19
88 reads
Get Rid of the Indexes
An idea that could save time and resources for backup and recovery in SQL Server.
2008-03-18
381 reads
SQL Server Data Services
SQL Server isn’t used much for web-based applications, simply because the cheapest ISPs use Linux and Apache for their platform. There are ISPs that provide a .NET platform and SQL Server but it is at a cost. SSDS seems to be Microsoft’s latest attempt to break into the market for database-driven websites.
2008-03-17
144 reads
2008-03-17
239 reads
2008-03-16
40 reads
2008-03-14
117 reads
Scaling Out
Scaling out is hard to do with SQL Server, but why doesn't Microsoft build a better solution?
2008-03-13
267 reads
Blogs
The Cost of Not Having a DBA
By Kevin3NF
Does skipping a DBA save money? Wait until your system grinds to a halt,...
Who are you? Building an identity map.
By Brian Kelley
I admit that until I read the article, Who are you as a Leader?,...
Call a Fabric REST API from Azure Data Factory
Suppose you want to call a certain Microsoft Fabric REST API endpoint from Azure...
Forums
How to update using data from three tables?
I am in the process of migrating from MySQL to SQL Server. I have...
Select Returning Blank Rows
I have the following select statement --#1 Select supplier, s.refnum, desc from supplier as...
How to update a history table with changes.
Good morning to all. I am a novice when it comes to SQL so...
Question of the Day
Replacing a NULL II
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2022?
DECLARE @value INT = NULL , @value2 VARCHAR(20) = NULL; SELECT COALESCE (@value, @value2, 100.5) AS Result; GOSee possible answers