(Ged Mead) This series of posts is getting longer than I’d anticipated and I’m getting near the end of my ToDo list now. I’m not arrogant enough to think that many people have reached this post after reading all the 18 previous ones, but if you have – well, thanks for your tenacity! (And if you ha
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MySQL Workbench 6.2 Performance Reporting
(Rob Gravelle) In my An Overview of the MySQL Performance Schema article, I talked about a relatively new tool called the Performance Schema. Initially implemented in MySQL 5.5 and further improved for MySQL 5.6, the Performance Schema is a tool for monitoring MySQL Server execution at a low level
How To Better Break Down Information Silos
(Thomas LaRock) It all started with a simple question.
What is the Difference between Truncate and Delete in SQL Server?
(Kris Wenzel) In SQL Server there are a couple a ways you can delete rows from a table. You can use either the TRUNCATE or DELETE command. Though the end result of both commands is the same, there are very important differences you should know about.
Viewing Error Messages For All Rows In Power Query
(Chris Webb) One of the great features of Power Query is the way you can view any rows that contain error values when you load data. However, even if you can see the rows that have errors you can’t see the error messages easily – without writing a little bit of M code, which I’ll show you in this po
*Free* Hands-on IDAA Class Announced – Baltimore – February 24 & 25
(Kim May) DB2 Gold Consultant Frank Fillmore will deliver a 2-day, hands-on IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator (IDAA) class at the Radisson Cross Keys in Baltimore, Maryland, on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 24th and 25th.
Vectors vs SQL
Language features like those in R, which is designed to work with vectors, have often be performed using traditional SQL syntax. While SQL Syntax is not designed for statistical analysis the set nature of the language does lend it to solving some statistical problems. Perhaps this might even be a more efficient solution if large amounts of data must be […]
Tips for using stored procedures in SQL Server 2014
Tips for using stored procedures in SQL Server 2014 Try to avoid using temporary tables and DDL (Data Definition Language) statements inside your stored procedure. Using temporary tables or DDL statements inside stored procedure reduces the chance to reuse the execution plan. Call stored procedure using its fully qualified name. The complete name of an object consists of four identifiers:...
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Use of RPC in Cluster
(Rohit Garg) Today, My one of friend come back from SQL DBA interview & share his review. One question about which he is looking for was “What is the use of RPC in cluster” ?
Questions About Pivoting Data in SQL Server You Were Too Shy to Ask
(Robert Sheldon) Of all the basic SQL operations, the pivot seems to cause the most problems. We can tell from the way that old articles on Simple-Talk on the topic continue to be read. It turns out that there are several questions that come to mind while learning about pivoting, but which are seldo