Guest post by Pinal Dave If you are a developer, you might have heard this from your DBA – “That query plan has some problems”. This blog would help...
Tips Developers Must Know Reading Query Plans
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3 Leadership Tips That Define Success by Pinal Dave
Check out this guest post by industry expert Pinal Dave who provides 3 leadership tips to define success in any industry. Every individual has their...
Understanding Database Backup Strategies by Pinal Dave
Backup is one of the driest topics and it seems to be something non-negotiable for a DBA role. If we look into the fine prints of why someone should...
5 Common Mistakes Every Database Developer Must Avoid
Being a developer is an awesome experience – trust us. You are an architect and the builder of your dreams. A developer shapes the way the...
Building Your Very First Data Model From Scratch
Section 1: Creating a Data Model In this section, we will be learning how to create a data model from scratch using ER/Studio Data Architect. See...
What Policy Guidelines are Required for your SQL Environment?
As adherence to regulations continues to be pressed upon organizations by industry and government regulators, the ability of the organizations to...
Three Facets of Metadata: Structure, Content, Meaning – by David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity, Inc.
Metadata Integration
The operational culture of the enterprise has gradually shifted towards a more business-centric model, one where business users and front line...
Big Data the BuzzWord by Pinal Dave
The talk of the town these days is around Big Data if you are in a data-related domain. Most of the top CIOs are trying to get onto this bandwagon...
5 Things Developers Must Know for Working with their Databases
This article by Pinal Dave looks at some of the developer traits that one must keep in mind while working with databases Being in the databases...
The Metadata Conundrum – by David Loshin
This is the second in a series of six posts from David Loshin. Read the previous post and the next post in the series. In my last...
Auto Replace in Rapid SQL by Dan Hotka
Hi! Dan Hotka here with more knowledge about Rapid SQL. I’ll address the auto replace feature of this tool and how you can use this feature to...
Rapid SQL Query Builder Tips and Techniques by Dan Hotka
Hi! Don’t you just love a good SQL query builder? I found this tool in Rapid SQL easy to learn and easy to produce the SQL I desired. You start it...
SQL Traffic Accelerator as a DB performance tool
We get questions from time to time from folks asking what SQL Traffic Accelerator does for DBAs since it sounds like a network monitoring tool....
Mission Impossible? Effective Database Backup Strategies
Mission Impossible? Effective Database Backup Strategies Organizations use multiple strategies when working with backups. An effective restore...
Enterprise Data Confusion – Did We Bring This Onto Ourselves? – authored by David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity, Inc.
This is the first in a series of six posts from David Loshin. Read his next post. A few years back, I had the opportunity to work with...
SQL Syntax in Rapid SQL by Dan Hotka
Abstract: Guest blog post from Dan Hotka, Oracle ACE Hi! Wouldn’t it be handy to have some Oracle documentation such as SQL syntax right at your...
3 Leadership Tips defining Success
Every individual has their own set of leaders they look up to in their daily life. I am sure each and every one reading this blog post has a number...
Solution for the EditorLineends.ttr issue
During the month of August 2014, Microsoft issued a security patch for Windows (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2993651). This update had an impact...
Designing App Navigation with TMultiView
In RAD Studio XE7, we introduced a new smart menu component called TMultiView. With TMultiView, it is really easy to create app navigation that...
Visual Analytics, Visual Query Builder, Amazon Redshift and VoltDB are now part of Aqua Data Studio 15!
We have been hard at work this year with the development of Aqua Data Studio (ADS) version 15.0. Our new version focuses on making ADS the one stop...
SQL diagnostic manager Secrets: When is a report more than a report?
SQL diagnostic manager provides many different views of the data it collects. This lets you explore all available data when diagnosing tricky...
Preparing for Data Centric Interviews by Pinal Dave
These days the fundamentals of taking an interview have not changed much. The more experienced you are, the greater the likelihood of getting into...
Performance Improvements with SQL Server 2014
Whenever there is new model of any vehicle launched in the market, it is expected it should have some enhancements or new features which would make...