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Top 4 Ways to Intelligently Automate DBA Activities
Being a DBA is one of the most challenging job. Why do you think we are saying so? Think of a normal situation, I have seen developers say this is...
10 Quick Tips & Tricks for SQL Server Developers
Here are 10 quick SQL Server tips and tricks for database developers compiled by SQL Server expert Pinal Dave. For inefficient query plans: Check...
IDC Technology Spotlight: Enabling Enterprise Agility Through Model-Driven Data Design
IDC Technology Spotlight: Enabling Enterprise Agility Through Model-Driven Data Design There is a growing need to build and integrate databases with...
Demystifying Macros with ER/Studio
In the webinar, Demystifying Macros with ER/Studio, Embarcadero Software Consultant Stanley Chan demonstrated how macros work in ER/Studio. He...
3 things you Need to Know About SQL Server Sequence
As we traverse through different versions of SQL Server, there are new enhancements that always make us learn for newer techniques. One such...
3 cosas que usted quiso saber sobre la secuencia de SQL Server
A medida que recorremos a través de diferentes versiones de SQL Server, hay nuevas mejoras que siempre nos hacen aprender las técnicas más...
3 things you Need to Know About SQL Server Sequence
As we traverse through different versions of SQL Server, there are new enhancements that always make us learn for newer techniques. One such...
Top 3 Reasons Your SQL Server Service Is Not Starting
NOTE: This content has been updated and expanded in a whitepaper: 7 Reasons Your SQL Server Service Won't Start, by Pinal Dave ---------- If you are...
Object Filtering in DBArtisan and Rapid SQL – DBA and Developer Skill Sprint
In this Skill Sprint video from the DBA and Developer Skill Sprint series we look at object filtering in DBArtisan and Rapid SQL; Learn more about...
Life of a DBA in GIFs
A Database Administrator experiences a wide range of emotions. It could be one those endless meetings, friendly disagreements with fellow...
Comprehensive Data Security Requires Metadata – by Rob Loranger
Anthem Inc. – 80,000,000 records stolen; Sony Pictures – 100 terabytes of data stolen; JP Morgan Chase – 70,000,000 records stolen; and EBay –...
Becoming a Top DBA – Learning Automation in SQL Server
Joseph D'Antoni, Microsoft MVP provides insight and examples from his experience as a consultant. The value you truly bring to your...
Embrace the Future of Data Architecture: Make the Switch to ER/Studio
Sometimes you need to face the inevitable: the tool selected years ago is not the one you need for the future. Have you been struggling with...
Converting A List of Identifiers into SQL Statements
If I had a nickel for every time someone gave me a list of identifiers and asked me to pull a result set for them I would be a very wealthy man....
The DBA and Developer Career Tips eBook
The DBA and Developer Career Tips eBook Author:Pinal Dave Like in any profession, DBAs and developers face competition in the workforce for job...
What You Know but Don't Know
How To Know What You Don’t Know - Path to the DBA World As a new DBA to a company it can be overwhelming and sometimes confusing on knowing where to...
Congratulations You're a DBA…Now What?!
This is a guest article by SQL Server MVP Mike Walsh (www.straightpathsql.com | www.linchpinpeople.com), based on an Embarcadero sponsored webinar...
Beginning Joins with SQL
Introduction When we are talking about relational database, we are usually talking about many different tables and the relationships between them....
Top 3 Development Environments for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) supporting extensibility and standards-compliance. Just like any...
Knowing Your Storage Basics – 2 Life Lessons
In the software world, it is often the case where everyone wants to learn and master everything. The problem with this approach is that we land into...
2 Ways to identify that we have a bad plan in SQL Server
SQL Server is a complex RDBMS with a lot of capabilities in it. I am sure most of us have just scratched the surface when it comes to working with...
3 soft skills that you want to have in an interview
It was couple of years back that my friend had written this article on my blog - Interview Questions and Answers – Perspectives of an Author. I know...
Top 3 Sample Databases for PostgreSQL
If a developer is attempting to learn a new process or test some code, it’s best to utilize a test environment such as a sandbox rather than the...
Result Cache Using Rapid SQL
Hi! The Result Cache is a newer structure for Oracle11 and newer databases. This feature remembers the invariables and return...
Oracle 12 New Limits
Hi! I’ve been working on PL/SQL topics and wanted to share with you a new Oracle12 feature. Oracle12 now allows for much longer...
3 Things You Didn’t Know About Black Box Trace
Black Box Trace In earlier versions of SQL Server, there have been situations where root cause analysis was never possible because data saved by SQL...
Top 3 Security Concepts Any DBA Must Know
DBAs understand how critical and important security is but due to other administration priorities, it can often take a back seat. When working...
3 Tips for Technical Presentation That Every Developer Must Know
Over the past decade, I have developed and given many technical presentations that range from being cultural, based on depth of audience or on...
Top 2 Errors When Working with Datetime Conversions
Working on universal applications has its own challenges. Often I have seen developers resort to unwanted conversions inside the database based on...