Database Management & Programming News, Articles & Tutorials for Database Administrators

Planning for SAP HANA Deployments in Public Cloud Environments 10/07/2019

Learn about the factors that should be taken into account if you are considering hosting SAP HANA in a public cloud. Read on...

Introduction to the Partition By Window Function 10/02/2019

Window functions can be life savers by making a complicated SQL calculation easy. A window function combines that logic and provides row by row or window by window feedback. Read on to learn more!

Foreign Keys and Multi-Table Inserts in Oracle 09/30/2019

Referential constraints ensure data integrity, but in at least one case can cause occasional problems. Read on to see what can happen and why it can occur...

Database Tools and Extensions for Visual Studio 2019 09/23/2019

In this article, you will explore tools and extensions that can be used with Visual Studio 2019 to improve your database experience irrespective of what database you use.

Implementing SQL Server Integration Services with Azure Data Factory 09/16/2019

Azure SQL Database, unlike its on-premises counterparts, restricted its integration capabilities to those implemented directly by the database engine. To remediate this shortcoming, Microsoft provided equivalent functionality by relying on integration runtime of Azure Data Factory. In this article, you get an overview of this Azure-based SSIS offering.

Using PowerShell to Generate Logins, Server and Database Permissions 09/09/2019

Discover how to reduce the pains you might have feel when migrating all the logins and associated permissions from one instance of SQL Server to another.

What is the Latch Event and Why Does It Occur? 09/02/2019

If there is a reasonable chance that parallel execution can occur, then you'll want to read on about the latch event!

Backup Techniques Available Exclusively When Using Azure VMs 08/26/2019

Learn backup techniques available exclusively when using Azure VMs to host SQL Server-based workloads.

IBM Db2 for z/OS Useful Features 08/19/2019

Some of the more useful features of Db2 and SQL that have been delivered as new functionality are reviewed. Read on to learn more!

Deployment of SQL Server 2019 Always On Availability Groups on Azure AKS 08/12/2019

Step through a demonstration illustrating a sample deployment of SQL Server 2019 Always On Availability Group cluster on Azure AKS. You'll discover how to leverage the Microsoft Azure-hosted managed Kubernetes service referred to as AKS.

New Preview of SQL Server Management Studio Available for Download 12/06/2018

On September 24^th Microsoft released the first Community Technical Preview for SQL Server 2019, which was CTP2.0. At the same time Microsoft pushed out a new preview for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) known as version 18. Now is the time to download this new preview!

SQL Server 2019 Community Technical Preview (CTP) 2.1 is Available Now 12/03/2018

Microsoft announced the release or CTP 2.1 for SQL Server 2019. This is the second CTP released for SQL Server 2019, and it has lots of new exciting features, like " UDF inlining". Read on to find out more!