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Source Control with GIT, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric

Source control is fundamental when dealing with projects and sharing code between multiple developers. Power BI present some challenges related...

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BI

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What is Microsoft Fabric all about?

In this article, we will introduce Microsoft Fabric and how it relates to Power BI Premium Capacity we will turn...

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T-SQL Programming

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Strategies for queries against bit columns

Recently someone posted a question where they couldn’t quite figure out how to construct a predicate based on a bit...

20 November 2023 7 min read

Robert Sheldon in NoSQL

Getting Started with MongoDB

MongoDB is a scalable database management system that stores data as documents in a collection, rather than as rows in...

13 November 2023 18 min read

Theory and design

Joe Celko in Theory and design

The NTILE Function

The SQL NTILE() is a window function that allows you to break a table into a specified number of approximately...

09 November 2023 8 min read

Database Administration

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Moving SQL Server To The Cloud: Modernizing Stack Overflow for Teams

Earlier this year, we migrated the entire Stack Overflow for Teams platform to Azure. This was a lengthy endeavour and...

06 November 2023 11 min read

Other

Louis Davidson in Other

Creating an Azure PostgreSQL cluster and connecting to it

One of the technologies that my new job brought with it was learning about all the various database platforms that...

04 November 2023 7 min read

PostgreSQL

Ryan Booz in PostgreSQL

Getting connected to PostgreSQL for the first time

PostgreSQL continues to be all the rage in 2023, whether in “vanilla” form of the fully open-source distribution or a...

03 November 2023 14 min read

BI

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SQL Endpoints and Lakehouse UI Differences and Access Secrets

There are some differences and secrets between the UI of a SQL Endpoint and the UI of a Lakehouse. I...

30 October 2023 7 min read

T-SQL Programming

Edward Pollack in T-SQL Programming

Export & Import Data in SQL Server: CSV, Parquet & PowerShell

Export and import data in SQL Server using PowerShell and OPENROWSET. Step-by-step guide for CSV files, parquet format, BCP, SQL...

23 October 2023 23 min read

T-SQL Programming

Aaron Bertrand in T-SQL Programming

Don’t Use DISTINCT as a SQL Join Fixer – Use EXISTS Instead

Using DISTINCT to fix duplicate rows from a SQL join is a common antipattern. It generates all the duplicates first,...

16 October 2023 6 min read

Ben Johnston in SQL Server

SQL Server Security Features: Complete Guide

Complete guide to SQL Server security features - TDE, Always Encrypted, Dynamic Data Masking, Row-Level Security, auditing, firewall rules, and...

15 October 2023 39 min read

MySQL

Aisha Bukar in MySQL

A Beginners Guide To MySQL Replication Part 6: Security Considerations in MySQL Replication

Protecting and controlling access to your data against unauthorized person(s) is crucial in any organization. Unauthorized entry or modification of...

12 October 2023 10 min read

Featured

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PostgreSQL Indexes: What They Are and How They Help

In the previous blog in this series, we learned how to produce, read and interpret execution plans. We learned that...

09 October 2023 13 min read

Theory and design

Joe Celko in Theory and design

First Normal Form Gets No Respect

Dr. Codd first described the relational model in a paper in Communications of the ACM (CACM 13 No 6; June...

05 October 2023 13 min read

Ben Johnston in SQL Server

How to detect and mitigate Row-Level Security attacks in SQL Server (complete guide, part six)

Detect and mitigate attacks against SQL Server Row Level Security (RLS) - side-channel timing attacks, excessive-error patterns, brute force attempts....

03 October 2023 25 min read

Performance

Aaron Bertrand in Performance

Normalize strings to optimize space and searches

While this article is specifically geared to SQL Server, the concepts apply to any relational database platform. The Stack Exchange...

02 October 2023 9 min read

T-SQL Programming

Itzik Ben-Gan in T-SQL Programming

T-SQL Fundamentals: Controlling Duplicates

When people start learning a new field, for example T-SQL, it’s tempting to spend very little time trying to understand...

28 September 2023 20 min read

Ben Johnston in SQL Server

SQL Server Row-Level Security: Attacks & vulnerabilities (complete guide, part five)

Explore SQL Server Row-Level Security vulnerabilities - direct attacks, indirect attacks, and side-channel bypasses. Essential reading before deploying RLS in...

25 September 2023 22 min read

MySQL

Robert Sheldon in MySQL

MySQL Joins Explained: INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL OUTER, and CROSS JOIN

A complete guide to MySQL joins: INNER JOIN for matching rows, LEFT and RIGHT OUTER JOINs for non-matching rows, FULL...

25 September 2023 28 min read

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Source Control with GIT, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric

What is Microsoft Fabric all about?

Strategies for queries against bit columns

Getting Started with MongoDB

The NTILE Function

Moving SQL Server To The Cloud: Modernizing Stack Overflow for Teams

Creating an Azure PostgreSQL cluster and connecting to it

Getting connected to PostgreSQL for the first time

SQL Endpoints and Lakehouse UI Differences and Access Secrets

Export & Import Data in SQL Server: CSV, Parquet & PowerShell

Don’t Use DISTINCT as a SQL Join Fixer – Use EXISTS Instead

SQL Server Security Features: Complete Guide

A Beginners Guide To MySQL Replication Part 6: Security Considerations in MySQL Replication

PostgreSQL Indexes: What They Are and How They Help

First Normal Form Gets No Respect

How to detect and mitigate Row-Level Security attacks in SQL Server (complete guide, part six)

Normalize strings to optimize space and searches

T-SQL Fundamentals: Controlling Duplicates

SQL Server Row-Level Security: Attacks & vulnerabilities (complete guide, part five)

MySQL Joins Explained: INNER, LEFT, RIGHT, FULL OUTER, and CROSS JOIN