Quantifier predicates
Predicates in SQL are often complex and difficult to understand. In this article, Joe Celko explains the logic behind a few of the predicates: EXISTS, SOME, ANY and ALL.
Coding for the Future
Writing code that solves problems and adapts to the future is a challenge, but it's something we should think about.
Stairway to Advanced T-SQL Level 5: Turning Data On Its Side Using PIVOT Operator
The PIVOT operator was added to the Transact-SQL language in SQL Server 2005. It allows you to turn your row data on its side, so it can be presented as column data. This is useful when you want take unique column values and have them displayed as column headings, where the column headings are associated with summarized values displayed below each column heading. In this article I will be exploring how to use the PIVOT operator.
Automating Flyway Undos
How to auto-generate first-cut undo scripts for every Flyway migration. For every new version of a database created by a Flyway versioned migration, we compare it to a 'source' directory containing object-level build scripts for the previous version. The SQL Compare engine does the rest, producing the associated undo script that will revert the database to the previous version, if required.
Creating a SQL Server Agent Job to Run Python Scripts in a Virtual Environment
In this article we walk through how you can run Python scripts using SQL Server Agent, so you can setup scheduled jobs to run your Python code.
Teams Security Issues
There are a few security issues in the Teams application from Microsoft, and Steve notes that some of the push for new features can be a problem in this area.
The Changing Landscape of Information Management
A high level view of how enterprises should manage their data and information.
Getting Started with Cloud-hosted Databases using Spawn
This article will get you started with Spawn, a hosted database cloning service running entirely on Amazons AWS.
How to filter DAX for paginated reports
DAX is unlike SQL when filtering. In this article, Adam Aspin demonstrates how to filter DAX for paginated reports.
Where the World Takes You
We're launching into a new year and there are lots of "looking into the future" articles out there. Personally, I'm pretty jazzed for the coming year for any number of reasons (can you say "SQL Server 2022"?). However, I also get a little retrospective at times like this. Now, I'm not going to talk about […]
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