Scrum is an Agile Software Development framework that helps teams complete projects efficiently while maintaining high quality.
SQL Contest – Identify the Database Celebrity – Win USD 100 Amazon Gift Card
Regular readers of this blog are familiar with NuoDB and their generous offers for SQLAuthority.com readers. I was just talking to them earlier and together we have come up with a very interesting contest for all of us. This contest has two parts. Part 1 Identify Database Personality and in Part…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Five Puzzles around UNION – Participate in All Five
Earlier this week, I ran five part series on UNION and it received very good response. Today I learned from Amazon that for a brief period of the time (to be precise for next 96 hours) they have reduced the price for price of Kindle Book of SQL Server Interview…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Detecting Potential Bottlenecks with the help of Profiler
Probably, everyone who writes SQL code has used INSERT statement, which alongside SELECT, UPDATE and DELETE, is a part of a basic operations’ set for data manipulation. At the first sight syntax of the INSERT statement may seem very trivial , especially when inserting one record – INSERT INTO ……
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Execute Operating System Commands in sqlcmd
Here is the email received just the other day – “Hi Pinal, I have been using sqlcmd for a long time and I find it very comfortable. I am going to soon learn Powershell as well. However, here is one typical problem I face it every day and I want to check…
Read MorePersonal Technology – Who is Accessing your Google Account?
Do you know who is accessing your Google Account? Well, I did not know till yesterday. However, when I learn what apps are accessing my Google Accounts and particularly Gmail, I was really really scared. I receive lots of emails and just like all of us, some are private and…
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SQL SERVER – Memory Lane – Scrum, SQL Reboot and More – #046
Let me know which one of the following is your favorite article from memory lane. My favorite article is about Scrum and SQL Reboot.
SQL – Weekend Project – Watching Technically Seth Series – What is your plan for this weekend?
“What is your plan for this weekend?” I was recently asked by my fellow colleague. I replied: “I have plan learn about Big Data and SQL from Technically Seth.” “Technically Seth!” He replied, “Never heard of him.” “Honestly even he has not heard of you.” I tried to look serious…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Automatically Store Results of Query to File with sqlcmd
I receive lots of email everyday and I do answer almost every email I receive. However, I prefer to answer all the technical questions on my facebook page. With the help of social media it is very easy to reach out to multiple people with the same problem. Here is the…
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SQL SERVER – Simple Puzzle with UNION – Part 5
It seems that my yesterday’s Simple Puzzle with UNION intrigued many readers. Here is my fifth and final part of this Puzzles with UNION. I strongly suggest to read yesterday’s puzzle before continuing today’s puzzle as it is very much based on yesterday’s puzzle. SQL SERVER – Simple Puzzle with UNION…
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