Past week we were using tool for scanning database metadata across all our production servers and at one of them the tool captured following error when trying to access one of the databases: After some searching and investigating detail about…
Concatenating strings in T-SQL
1. 4. 2019
It may look like an easy task to concatenate string in T-SQL at the first look. But it still has some hidden points where beginners are failing most of the time. There are a few very important things to remember…
If there is a need to move data between local SQL Server instances (on-premise) and Azure SQL Databases we can use Azure Data Factory. But it isn’t the ideal solution all the time: it’s paid in some scenarios and not…
One friends called me yesterday that he can’t believe what’s happening to him: he is saving various strings to table and to check if the string already exists he is generating hashes using SHA2_256 algorithm. But today he has seen…
Power BI Report Server release schedule
20. 2. 2019
Who is using Power BI Report Server in regular production with many users creating and publishing reports in Power BI Desktop is facing one crucial issue: there is regular monthly release for Power BI desktop but releases for Report Server…
Comparing strings with trailing spaces
20. 2. 2019
There is all the time confusion in developer’s daily job how exactly is SQL Server handling padding spaces before and after strings in comparison and data persistence. Time to make it more clear now. Few most important things to remember…
Azure Data Studio
27. 1. 2019
Azure Data Studio, formerly known as SQL Operations Studio, is a tool for basic SQL Server querying and administration on Windows, Mac-OS, and Linux. That it can be executed on other platforms then Windows is the main point why it…
Specifying FILEGROUP in SELECT * INTO
17. 1. 2019
SQL Server 2017 and SP2 for SQL 2016 bring small enhancement of SELECT .. INTO clause which offers more possibilities on how to solve some DBA head-scratching situations. It’s possible to specify FILEGROUP where the new table will be created….
SQL Server 2016 brings a lot of new configuration options at the database level (DATABASE SCOPED CONFIGURATION) instead of at instance level only. SQL Server 2017 adds to this list another new option. It’s called IDENTITY_CACHE and allows us to…
Power BI Helper
6. 1. 2019
Power BI Helper is a smart tool that allows us to analyze Power BI Desktop files or connect to the model running inside the Power BI Desktop instance and check various performance-related statistics or metadata. In the latest major update…