Azure Functions are a great development tool, allowing us to create serverless software. However, one detail was bothering me when I create a function: The HTTP Trigger receives a HTTPRequest object and we need to extract the parameters from the request. This becomes kind of a low-level code mixed with our business code. It’s like going … Read more
While I was preparing an article, I faced the challenge to extract the path from a filename in SQL Server. It’s an interesting challenge with many possible uses, so I decided to create a function to solve this problem. The Main Expression First, let’s understand the main expression to solve the problem. The path is everything … Read more
This article is about functions and how to get more out of them if you combine them with record structures. Functions are the instrument in the Oracle Database to execute code and return a value. Nothing new here, everybody who develops in PL/SQL on the database knows that. In case you’re just starting with Oracle and want to know more about… Read more
Following on from his first four articles on using Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) with tabular databases, Robert Sheldon dives into some of the DAX statistical functions available, demonstrating which are the most useful and examples of how they work. … Read more
In part 3 of Dan Sullivan's in-depth exploration of PowerSMO, the versatile command line utility for managing SQL Server databases, he describes how to control the identity that SMO uses to login to SQL Server, how to set up Server activity monitoring, and how to create standalone PowerSMO scripts, suitable for use in a production environment.… Read more
Dan Sullivan delves deeper into PowerSMO, the versatile command line utility for managing SQL Server databases. Using a certificate strategy, he provides a step-by-step guide to creating and deploying secure, signed DBA scripts. He then describes how to use PowerSMO functions to manage the extended properties of SQL Server objects.… Read more
