How Wrong is Stack Overflow?
Steve has a few thoughts on a rant about Stack Overflow. An experienced developer thinks much of their information is wrong and things are getting worse.
Upserts in Amazon Redshift
This article discusses different approaches of Upserts (update+inserts) in Amazon Redshift
Meet the Summit 2023 Sponsors
Preparations for Summit 2023 are fully underway! We thought what better way to introduce you to some of this year’s sponsors than sit down with them and find out what they have in store for you in November…
Ordered Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2022
One of the more challenging technical details of columnstore indexes that regularly gets attention is the need for data to be ordered to allow for segment elimination. In a non-clustered columnstore index, data order is automatically applied based on the order of the underlying rowstore data. In a clustered columnstore index, though, data order is not enforced by any SQL Server process. This leaves managing data order to us, which may or may not be an easy task.
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Archive to the Lake
Microsoft Fabric changes the paradigm for how you might store data in your warehouse.
Combine DATE and TIME to DATETIME2 in SQL Server
The most common method on the internet for combining DATE and TIME columns in SQL Server is incorrect. This article demonstrates why that and other methods are incorrect and two lesser known high performance methods that produce correct results even for the "edge cases".
7 Essential Factors for a Successful Cloud Migration: A Non-Technical Guide
Are you looking to modernize and migrate your data but have questions about the complex organizational challenges? We recently hosted the webinar: Overcoming Organizational Challenges in Data Modernization and Cloud Migration: A Guide for Senior IT Leaders. This blog post summarizes the conversation into 7 key points.
Using Power Query to Combine Data from Multiple Sheets in Excel
This article employs Power Query features to combine queries and implement requirements in different listed scenarios.
Small Changes, Big Results
Last week I was able to attend THAT conference in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. It was my first time in the great state of cheese, and the conference lived up to its reputation. As a developer focused conference (rather than a database conference), I didn't have much expectation that my session about automating database changes would […]
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Off to the PASS Data Community Summit 2024
By Steve Jones
As this publishes, I’ll get taxiing down the runway at DIA (fingers crossed) and...
Implement a RAG Solution Using Azure SQL Database
By John
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Database deployment on-prem vs data center
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SQL 2022 - CPU High Utilization
Dear All, We have been facing this issue from last 3 months and unable...
Cloud Sources for the Data Migration Assistant
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Cloud Sources for the Data Migration Assistant
Which cloud sources can be used for the current Data Migration Assistant (Sep 2024)
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