Action Over Knowledge
A big part of success is making an effort. Steve discusses the need to do things and not passively let life pass you by.
Metadata Driven Pipelines – Data Engineering with Fabric
This article explains metadata driven pipelines and shows an example in Microsoft Fabric.
Snake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 1
I recently had a restore job where I needed to split the work up into multiple parallel processes (which I’ll refer to here as “threads”). I wanted to balance the work so that the duration was something significantly less than the sum of the restore times
Exporting and Importing Registered Servers in SSMS
This article shows how to import and export a list of registered servers from SSMS.
Why Early Code Review is Important for Database Deployments
Today, Kendra Little talks about code reviews and why they should be done early.
Learning Spark SQL String Functions with Explanations and Code Examples
Learn how to use different Spark SQL string functions to manipulate string data with explanations and code examples.
One more reason to use foreign key constraints
Since the title might be considered a bit vague, I don’t want you to wade through the article to figure it out. I will spare you the typical clickbait introduction, with me telling you what a foreign key constraint is, and why it and all the other constraint types provided by relational engines are useful. […]
Good Luck is Needed with Old Versions
Today, Grant talks about reasons that companies don't upgrade.
What happens when we drop a column on a SQL Server table? Where's my space?
You have dropped a column and wondering why you haven't recovered any space? Let's take a look.
SQL Logic
In this article, I will discuss the history and thinking behind several types of logic that are typically associated with writing relational database code.
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Post Restore Tasks for the Resource Database
I backup the Resource database from my SQL Server 2022 instance. I then install CUs 1, 2, 3, and 4. I have an issue and need to restore my Resource database from backup. Is there anything I need to do after restoring this database?
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