Trusting STRING_SPLIT() order in Azure SQL Database
Learn about the changes to the STRING_SPLIT function in Azure SQL Database that allows you to specify ordinal position of the output.
Building a Production Database
Lessons learned from building a database caught Steve's eye, and he has a few comments.
On-Demand: 2021 Accelerate State of DevOps webinar
Redgate is a proud sponsor of this year’s Accelerate State of DevOps Report, by the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team at Google Cloud. Watch our lastest webinar to find out how the future of DevOps will effect you.
SQL Server RETURN and OUTPUT Clause in Stored Procedures
In this article we look how to use RETURN and OUTPUT in a SQL Server stored procedure to get a return value after execution.
Creating Markdown Formatted Text for Results from T-SQL
Markdown documents are becoming increasingly more popular and relevant with the emergence of notebooks. Markdown is a markup language for creating formatted text. It is widely used in tools for collaboration, tools for creating documentation and notebooks. Formatting is easy to understand, readable, simple to adopt, and agnostic. I can use a markdown document on […]
Leading-Edge NoSQL Drivers for NoSQL Analytics and Integration
NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB, are an increasingly important component of enterprise data strategy, handling high-volume, scalable, and agile data management. As organizations adopt emerging NoSQL solutions, there is high demand to integrate these data sources with existing infrastructure and familiar tools. Standards-based data access facilitates your expansion into MongoDB by leveraging existing skills using […]
Monitoring Your Hybrid Environment with Redgate
Join this Microsoft hosted webinar to hear from Microsoft MVP and Redgate Advocate, Grant Fritchey to learn more about monitoring hybrid database environments, as part of their Azure Series.
What is Power Query?
In this tip we'll introduce you to Power Query, the self-service data preparation tool from the Power BI family
It's All About the Gratitude
I'm writing this the day after the US holiday of Thanksgiving. Lots of things are said about Thanksgiving, positive, negative, in between. The core concept of the holiday is to take a moment to take stock of what you have. It's a good idea. Every so often, look around and acknowledge, depending on anyone's situation, […]
Blogs
Master the Foundational Basics
By Brian Kelley
It tells us to take the time to master the foundational basics of whatever...
Simple Talks Episode 9–Data masking and subsetting
By Steve Jones
The episode on data masking and subetting is out. You can see it here:...
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Avoid Perfect for Good Enough
By Brian Kelley
I'm listening to Effortless by Greg McKeon (link to author's page) through Audible.com. He...
Forums
How to write this query?
Hi everyone I have two tables storing stock prices. Each table comes from a...
ssrs order of operation question
hi i need "sample size" in my report's 4th data region which is a...
Query Network Protocols from T-SQL or PowerShell
Hello experts, I want to be more organized about the SSL certificates we have...
Question of the Day
The Hash Join I
What are the two inputs called to a hash join operation in SQL Server? (choose 2)
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