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T-SQL Programming Aaron Bertrand in T-SQL Programming One use case for NOT using schema prefixes I’ve long been a huge advocate for always referencing objects with a schema prefix in SQL Server.… 20 April 2023 6 min read
Editorials Phil Factor in Editorials Let’s talk about Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT and Gobbledegook I use Chat-GPT occasionally, instead of Google, to get answers to technical questions. Well there is definite value in promise... 17 April 2023 3 min read
Web Aneesh Lal Gopalakrishnan in Web How to secure legacy ASP.NET MVC against Cross-Site (CSRF) Attacks Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks are widespread, and even some BigTech companies suffer from them. Netflix suffered in 2006 with... 12 April 2023 9 min read
PostgreSQL Grant Fritchey in PostgreSQL PostgreSQL Schema: Learning PostgreSQL with Grant An important aspect of building and managing a database is organizing the objects within your database. You may have tables... 10 April 2023 9 min read
T-SQL Programming Edward Pollack in T-SQL Programming 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... 07 April 2023 17 min read
MySQL Robert Sheldon in MySQL Modifying MySQL data from within Python In the previous article in this series, I introduced you to how to access MySQL data from within a Python... 03 April 2023 21 min read
T-SQL Programming Aaron Bertrand in T-SQL Programming GENERATE_SERIES: My new go-to to build sets I have come across a lot of use cases for manufacturing rows on the fly, aside from the common goal... 30 March 2023 12 min read
BI Dennes Torres in BI Using Virtual Network Data Gateways to Secure Access to Azure SQL in Power BI Power BI and Azure are two related services, but with a considerable independence between them. Power BI share the Azure... 27 March 2023 11 min read
Other Development Goodness Woke in Other Development The difference between libraries and frameworks The concept behind frameworks and libraries is to provide reusable code that you can use to perform everyday tasks so... 24 March 2023 18 min read
T-SQL Programming Greg Larsen in T-SQL Programming Paging Data in T-SQL Sometimes when working with very large sets of data, you may not want to return all of the data at... 20 March 2023 10 min read
Oracle Chandra Rawat in Oracle The SELECT Statement in Oracle The SELECT statement is used to retrieve information from a database. Following the execution of a SELECT statement, a tabular... 16 March 2023 19 min read
PostgreSQL Henrietta Dombrovskaya in PostgreSQL Are PostgreSQL memory parameters magic? Configuration parameters are the most mythical creatures in the world of PostgreSQL. Ordinary PostgreSQL users often do not know that... 13 March 2023 10 min read
Featured Aaron Bertrand in Featured Build a Better WordPress Archives Page Using MySQL I recently wrote about a way to generate visual, interactive calendars in HTML by combining a calendar table with data... 10 March 2023 15 min read
Editorials Louis Davidson in Editorials Why a monitoring tool is an essential tool for growing server estates When I was a DBA involved with the management of a large number of database servers, I didn’t have many... 07 March 2023 5 min read
MySQL Robert Sheldon in MySQL Retrieving MySQL data from within Python Applications of all types commonly access MySQL to retrieve, add, update, or delete data. The applications might be written in... 02 March 2023 18 min read
Theory and design Joe Celko in Theory and design Getting Out of Character In this article, Joe Celko gives us a history of the different character sets that are used in computing and... 28 February 2023 13 min read
T-SQL Programming Aaron Bertrand in T-SQL Programming Find 40 Problems in this SQL Server Stored Procedure I’ve been at this for a while now, and have a very particular set of rules and coding conventions that... 23 February 2023 21 min read
Ryan Booz PostgreSQL Basics: Object Ownership and Default Privileges In the first security article, PostgreSQL Basics: Roles and Privileges, I discussed how roles (users and groups) are created and... 21 February 2023 15 min read
Data Science Sanil Mhatre in Data Science Azure Machine Learning Introduction: Part 1 Overview and prep work The five-part series is designed to jump-start any IT professional’s journey in the fascinating world of Data Science with Azure... 15 February 2023 21 min read
