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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...
Cloud phenomnenon- 3 things that make it different from on premise
Cloud – the new buzz word in the IT industry is just like the .com days in my humble opinion. Organizations have been doing the whole...
Top 4 Startup Parameters DBAs Must Know
Introduction Working on a server is always something DBAs cherish. With every environment that they monitor, they want to know how applications can...
Black Friday Sale – Flat 30% OFF on all products
Update: Thank you all for making this campaign a huge success. We are extending this offer till Dec 1st, 23:59 PST. Many corporate users requested...
Internals of Statistics That You Were Not Aware Of
As a developer statistics is one of the important things we need to know while doing SQL Server query performance tuning exercise. Let us try to...
3 More Reasons SQL Server Service is Not Responding
NOTE: This content has been updated and expanded in a whitepaper: 7 Reasons Your SQL Server Service Won't Start, by Pinal Dave ---------- After...
2 Things to Know About When Using Snapshot Isolation
SQL Server 2005 version introduced the concept of Snapshot isolation setting. It is one of those hidden gems inside SQL Server which is under...