T-SQL Programming Joe Celko in T-SQL Programming Modeling Time There are those who argue that time doesn’t really exist; it’s just an illusion. That debate won’t keep you from... 15 July 2019 16 min read
BI Kathi Kellenberger in BI Reporting Services Basics: Understanding Data Sources and Datasets Data sources and datasets are critical components of an SSRS report, but many people new to SSRS struggle to understand... 05 July 2019 10 min read
Database Administration K. Brian Kelley in Database Administration The End of SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Extended Support Many organisations still run their companies on SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2. There are many reasons to upgrade, but... 21 June 2019 26 min read
T-SQL Programming Rodney Landrum in T-SQL Programming A MongoDB to SQL Server Migration: Data Typing and Un-nesting Importing data from one system to another is a common task for database professionals. It’s possible to spend a lot... 20 June 2019 15 min read
Database Administration Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman in Database Administration Navigate Linux for SQL Server DBAs Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman shows how to navigate Linux for SQL Server DBAs, using aliases, setting up environment variables, and examining processes.… 17 June 2019 18 min read
BI Kathi Kellenberger in BI Reporting Services Basics: Creating Your First Report In this article, Kathi Kellenberger demonstrates how to create a project and report using the SSRS Report Wizard. The wizard... 30 May 2019 13 min read
Data Privacy and Protection Robert Sheldon in Data Privacy and Protection Introduction to SQL Server Security — Part 6 SQL Server has many tools used to make it secure. In this article, Robert Sheldon demonstrates several of these features... 29 May 2019 15 min read
BI in BI Streamlining a Power BI Solution Power BI is an excellent tool for departments or small organisations getting started with their BI solution. Unless some time... 17 May 2019 11 min read
Containers and Virtualization Carlos Robles in Containers and Virtualization Creating Your First SQL Server Docker Container in macOS The use of macOS by developers and IT professionals has gained popularity the past few years. Running a sandboxed SQL... 13 May 2019 14 min read
BI Gogula Aryalingam in BI The BI Journey: The Journey Begins Gogula Aryalingam continues telling the story of the BI solution created by a business analyst intern. In this article, after... 08 May 2019 12 min read
Security Robert Sheldon in Security Introduction to SQL Server Security — Part 5 SQL Server contains many built-in views and functions that can be used to understand what is going on “under the... 23 April 2019 21 min read
BI Andy Brown in BI Using the FILTER Function in DAX In the previous article of this series, Andy Brown of Wise Owl Training explained how to use the oh-so-important CALCULATE... 17 April 2019 13 min read
BI Dennes Torres in BI Power BI and The Matrix: A Challenge The Matrix is one of the many built-in visualizations found in Power BI. While the Matrix is easy to populate,... 15 April 2019 14 min read
BI Gogula Aryalingam in BI The BI Journey: The Expert’s Advice – Part 2 A BI project should return value to the company quickly, not only after months or even years of work. In... 15 April 2019 13 min read
Performance Samir Behara in Performance Designing Highly Scalable Database Architectures While architecting cloud native applications, you need to ensure that your system is highly available, performant, scalable, fault tolerant, and... 09 April 2019 13 min read
BI Kathi Kellenberger in BI Reporting Services Basics: Overview and Installation SQL Server Reporting Services has changed quite a bit since it was introduced in 2004. Despite new analytic services like... 08 April 2019 16 min read
T-SQL Programming Mala Mahadevan in T-SQL Programming Converting a History Table into a System-Versioned Temporal Table Temporal tables were introduced with SQL Server 2016. To take advantage of this feature, you might start fresh with a... 13 March 2019 15 min read
Editorials Kendra Little in Editorials Why You Shouldn’t Hardcode the Current Database Name in Your Views, Functions, and Stored Procedures “There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things” Phil Karlton I’m terrible at naming... 12 March 2019 4 min read
Database Administration Greg Larsen in Database Administration Resumable Online Index Create and Rebuild Operations Index maintenance can be a real headache for database administrators as tables grow larger and maintenance windows shrink. In this... 05 March 2019 14 min read
T-SQL Programming Phil Factor in T-SQL Programming What are Inline Indexes? New releases of SQL Server arrive at a quick pace, and it's difficult to keep up with the many features... 26 February 2019 13 min read
