Cloud First Software
Many software packages are moving to the cloud, but Steve doesn't like to see this without some ability to extract data.
Improving Skills at Work
A large part of the success I've had in my career has come from growing my skills, both technical and soft, throughout the years. I've always been driven to learn more and improve my ability to accomplish the tasks I've been assigned. Or those that I've sought out and tackled. A little initiative has been […]
Investing in Another's Career
Would you invest in someone else's career? An actual investment? Would you sell shares in yourself? Steve talks about this today.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 2022
This weekend is Christmas, and likely many of you are not working hard today and will enjoy a long weekend until Tuesday. There are many other holidays at this time of year as well, and I hope you are enjoying the season with loved ones. I want to take a moment to wish everyone a […]
Flyway Desktop in Database Development Work: An Overview
For those new to Flyway Desktop, this article takes a strategic overview of the components of a Flyway Desktop project, how to set up a project for team-based development work, and how we can use the tool in conjunction with a version control system and CI servers to manage a database development and release process.
Heapq Module in Python: Using Heaps and Priority Queues
In this tutorial, learn about Python priority queues and heaps, how do they relate, and how to use the heapq module in Python.
CPU Upgrades
Does your database server need an upgrade? Steve notes that you might learn a bit about the best hardware to ensure a good ROI. Even if you wouldn't make a change for your own desktop machine.
Maintaining a Utilities Schema in a Flyway Project
This article demonstrates how to manage these utilities from Flyway so that we can maintain and migrate them separately from the database objects.
The Basics of Deleting Data from a SQL Server Table
n my last article “Updating SQL Server Data” I discussed using the UPDATE statement to change data in existing rows of a SQL Server table. In this article I will be demonstrating how to use the DELETE statement to remove rows from a SQL Server Table.
Are You Still Using Portable Drives?
Steve realizes that he doesn't use physical storage anymore for transferring data.
Blogs
2024 PASS Data Community Summit Prep
By Steve Jones
Next week is the 2024 PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle. I’ll be traveling...
A New Word: Bye-over
By Steve Jones
bye-over – n. the sheepish casual vibe between two people who’ve shred an emotional...
Free webinar – Tackling the Gaps and Islands Problem with T-SQL Window Functions
I’m hosting a free webinar at MSSQLTips.com at the 19th of December 2024, 6PM...
Forums
Temporary Table Problem
Hello everyone, I hope you can help me. I have a table with measurement...
A Few Good DBAs
You can't handle the truth!! (about data integrity) A few good database administrators https://www.helpmasterpro.com/blog/a-few-good-database-administrators/...
Python with SQL 2022 Enterprise doesn’t work
I have installed Machine Learning with SQL 2022 Enterprise Edition and installed and configured...
Question of the Day
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