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Using Power of Web to Query Databases / Sources With Skyvia

Web technologies are moving at a pace that we can hardly keep up in pace. More and more of investments are going on in the space of web that even database developers like me find it interesting. In the same context, recently I was exploring on Skyvia (SQL SERVER – Integrate Your Data with Skyvia – Cloud ETL Solution) from ETL to how one might query and was surprised to see how some of these can be made useful.

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SQL SERVER – Identify Disk Latency on SQL Server Box Using PowerShell

Couple of week back, I was playing around with using Powershell for some simple activities. The fall out of that was the ability to search the SQL Server Error Logs. Though we can search for anything, I just showed you a case of usage. In this blog post, I will talk about one of the most sought after request for searching what the disk latencies are. Let us see a powershell script for for Identify Disk Latency on SQL Server Box.

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Interview Question of the Week #021 – Difference Between Index Seek and Index Scan (Table Scan)

Question: What is the difference between Index Seek and Index Scan? Answer: Index Scan retrieves all the rows from the table. Index Seek retrieves selective rows from the table. Index Scan: Since a scan touches every row in the table whether or not it qualifies, the cost is proportional to the…
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SQL SERVER – Adding Reference Data to Master Data Services – Notes from the Field #081

[Note from Pinal]: This is a 81th episode of Notes from the Field series. Master Data Services is one of the most important, but a very little explored feature of SQL Server. If you have been reading this blog, when it is about BI, I always take help from LinchPin People who are BI experts. I requested Reeves from LinchiPin people to help me answer this unique question. Let us learn in this blog post how to add reference data to Master Data Services (MDS).

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