Performance Edward Pollack in Performance Automating Extended Events data collection It’s not difficult to set up an extended event session, but reviewing and saving the data can be complex. In... 04 October 2021 18 min read
Security Robert Sheldon in Security Cybersecurity threats Not a week goes by without news of a new cyberattack. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains the cybersecurity threats... 30 September 2021 12 min read
CI/CD Sebastian Meine Liz Baron in CI/CD How to successfully deploy databases with external references Database objects often have references to external databases which makes continuous integration problematic. In this article Liz Baron and Sebastian... 29 September 2021 8 min read
Learn SQL Server Greg Larsen in Learn SQL Server Working with SQL Server identity columns SQL Server identity columns are easy to add to a table, but you must understand how they work to use... 24 September 2021 12 min read
PowerShell Greg Moore in PowerShell Building an ETL with PowerShell There are many ways to load data into a SQL Server database. In this article, Greg Moore demonstrates how to... 22 September 2021 11 min read
Database Administration Edward Pollack in Database Administration Building blocks of Extended Events data collection Extended Events have been part of SQL Server since 2008. In this article, Ed Pollack explains the building blocks of... 14 September 2021 14 min read
T-SQL Programming Kathi Kellenberger in T-SQL Programming How LAG compares to other techniques LAG pulls a column from another row without a self-join. In this article, Kathi Kellenberger shows how LAG compares to... 07 September 2021 13 min read
Azure Robert Sheldon in Azure The Azure SQL portfolio Microsoft provides many ways to run SQL Server in Azure, but which do you choose? In this article, Robert Sheldon... 01 September 2021 14 min read
BI Sanil Mhatre in BI Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis: Oracle Text Oracle has built-in functionality to analyze text. Sanil Mhatre demonstrates how to perform a sentiment analysis on data stored in... 30 August 2021 12 min read
Learn SQL Server Joe Celko in Learn SQL Server A UNIQUE experience A properly designed table must have a key to uniquely identify each row. In this article, Joe Celko explains unique... 23 August 2021 14 min read
Learn SQL Server Greg Larsen in Learn SQL Server SQL Server identity column The SQL Server identity column is used to populate a column with incrementing numbers on insert. In this article, Greg... 23 August 2021 13 min read
Oracle Jonathan Lewis in Oracle Oracle sequences – 12c features including “identity” Oracle added several enhancements to the sequence object in version 12c, including an “identity” column feature. Jonathan Lewis explains how... 19 August 2021 16 min read
Performance Fabiano Amorim in Performance SQL Compilations/sec is not what you think it is SQL Server perfmon counters provide a wealth of information about performance. In this article, Fabiano Amorim shows how current wisdom... 29 July 2021 24 min read
Database Administration Greg Larsen in Database Administration Improving performance with instant file initialization Instant file initialization can speed up database creation, file growth, and restores. Greg Larsen explains how to configure it and... 23 July 2021 12 min read
Performance Edward Pollack in Performance Collecting SQL Server performance monitor data SQL Server provides information for troubleshooting performance. Ed Pollack demonstrates collecting SQL Server performance monitor data.… 20 July 2021 20 min read
Oracle Jonathan Lewis in Oracle Typical uses of Oracle sequences Oracle sequences supply unique numbers that can be used when populating tables. In this article, Jonathan Lewis explains the typical... 14 July 2021 17 min read
Learn SQL Server Priyanka Chouhan in Learn SQL Server SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Plan Microsoft provides quite a few features for high availability and disaster recovery. In this article, Priya describes the HA/DR options.… 14 July 2021 26 min read
Learn SQL Server Robert Sheldon in Learn SQL Server How to enable SQL Server trace flags DBAs can control many aspects of SQL Server’s behavior with trace flags. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains how to... 07 July 2021 14 min read
Theory and design Joe Celko in Theory and design Much Ado about nothing: missing data Joe Celko explains how missing data is handled from the printing press to databases.… 01 July 2021 13 min read
Performance Edward Pollack in Performance SQL Server performance monitor data: Introduction and usage Monitoring SQL Server for performance is a critical part of a DBA’s job. In this article, Edward Pollack explains some... 29 June 2021 13 min read
