Blog Post: Is Today Your Last Day Working With SQL?
Please entertain this thought for a moment – If today was your last day working with SQL how would you spend it? Now, this post is assuming you, as the reader, are working with SQL in some form or...
View ArticleBlog Post: Securing MongoDB – User Administration
The db. createUser ( user , writeConcern ) method used to create users.We need to provide the username, password and roles The definition of createUser as follows { user : " " , pwd : "password>" ,...
View ArticleBlog Post: Using the new SQLServer Powershell module to get SQL Agent Job...
So with the July Release of SSMS everything changed for using PowerShell with SQL. You can read the details here As I mentioned in my previous post the name of the module has changed to sqlserver This...
View ArticleBlog Post: #0375 – SQL Server -Collation conflicts may occur when working...
Always follow best practices and specify a column definition when defining a table - permanent, staging or temporary.
View ArticleBlog Post: July Already...
Amazingly its July already, the year is flying by. With a very busy July and August lined up and a nice holiday at the end of it, there is a lot to look forward too. Over the next four weeks I’m going...
View ArticleBlog Post: Prioritize This List of Issues
“One thing at a time / And that done well / Is a very good thing / As any can tell” But life isn’t always that easy is it? I spend a lot of my workday juggling priorities. And I want to compare what I...
View ArticleBlog Post: How To Survive A Database Disaster
I am here today to share with you my FOOLPROOF method that allows you and your business to SURVIVE any database disaster. The post How To Survive A Database Disaster appeared first on Thomas LaRock ....
View ArticleBlog Post: Why MongoDB?
MongoDB is Object-Oriented, simple, dynamic and scalable NoSQL database. It is based on the NoSQL document store model, in which data objects are stored as separate documents inside a collection...
View ArticleBlog Post: T-SQL Tuesday #080
T-SQL Tuesday time is here again! And I’m honored to be hosting this months block party. Why you ask? T-SQL Tuesday #80 happens to fall on my birthday believe it or not! With that said let’s get this...
View ArticleBlog Post: Prioritize This List of Issues (Results)
Earlier this week I asked people to help me out prioritizing a list of issues . I was surprised by the number of people who participated. I think I missed an opportunity to crowd-source a large part of...
View ArticleBlog Post: Spotlight Developer v6.3 release
The much anticipated Spotlight Developer v6.3 has finally been released.Over the next few blog entries I will present some of the key features especially new ones in this release. (Please not v6.3 will...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQLServerZest is now DataGinger!
We are happy to announce the birth of DataGinger. Starting today we officially re-branded ourselves as DataGinger.com (previously SQLServerZest.com). The main motive for this change is to expand our...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL and (No)SQL
Despite the traditional relational DB world, a new trend is emerging which is called NoSQL. Its really hard to define NoSQL. You will get lot of information, opinions on what NoSQL is all about. This...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Identifying If Database Supports InMemory OLTP...
I had recently received an email about InMemory OLTP Functionality in Email when I was having a vacation with my family in the Australia. Let us read the story about my vacation and SQL Server in this...
View ArticleBlog Post: #0377 – SQL Server – Msg 206; Operand Type Clash; Return type of a...
Because the CASE expression returns the highest precedence type, it can cause datatype mismatch (Operand Type Clash, Msg 206) and metadata issues when working with SSIS or other calling applications.
View ArticleBlog Post: PASS Summit 2016: Developing High Concurrency Databases
My session has been accepted! I’m excited that my talk Developing Highly Concurrent Databases got accepted as a session in this year’s PASS Summit in Seattle. This October. You’ve heard the advice...
View ArticleBlog Post: SSRS 2016 Book Nearly Done… My Brain is now Jell-O
(first excerpt from the upcoming book) “Professional SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services and Mobile Reports” from Wrox Press is content complete! The book is well into the editing stage– still, another...
View ArticleBlog Post: Simplified Order Of Operations
I recently learned that when combining multiple operators in a SQL expression, AND has a higher precedence than OR but & has the same precedence as | . I expected the precedence rules for the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Free DBA Tools for SQL Server Professionals – Notes from the Field...
[Note from Pinal ]: This is a 133rd episode of Notes from the Field series. I know Mike for many years and Mike has always inspired me with his positive energy. I have always enjoyed spending time with...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server: Consolidation Tactics and Best Practices
My very first course has been published on Pluralsight – SQL Server: Consolidation Tactics and Best Practices . In this course I spend just over two hours sharing my experiences and knowledge of...
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