Lesser Known SQL Server Backup Practices by Pinal Dave

Lesser Known SQL Server Backup Practices by Pinal Dave

One of the most critical responsibility of a Database Administrator (DBA) is to make sure that the databases are backed up on regular basis. What are your thoughts on creating backup strategies for your production environments? We would surely want to learn and...

Tips Developers Must Know Reading Query Plans

Tips Developers Must Know Reading Query Plans

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 you in understanding those “problems” which DBA might be talking about. We would talk about tips which can help a...

3 Leadership Tips That Define Success by Pinal Dave

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 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...

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 take a backup, then it is fundamentally for business continuity and to recover from disaster. The last mile of defense...

5 Common Mistakes Every Database Developer Must Avoid

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 requirements get translated into a working product which customers will enjoy using it. Most developers are passionate in the...

Metadata Integration

The operational culture of the enterprise has gradually shifted towards a more business-centric model, one where business users and front line information consumers desire better access to enterprise data assets, and need to have a comprehensive view of the...

Big Data the BuzzWord by Pinal Dave

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 of Big Data and want to implement the same within their organization. Organizations have had data and loads of data...

Auto Replace in Rapid SQL by Dan Hotka

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 create customized shortcuts that should benefit your coding projects and style. The auto replace feature of Rapid SQL has...

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. Let’s get that out of the way first. This tool is not a network monitoring tool at all. If you take a closer look, you...

SQL Syntax in Rapid SQL by Dan Hotka

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 fingertips when using an IDE tool such as Rapid SQL? Well, the answer is yes…you can have SQL syntax with the click of 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 of leaders who have influenced the way they run their business or even life. Be it in Politics or in social circles –...

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 on past versions of our development tools, including RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder from version 2007 to version...