It is pretty much very common to have a sample database for any database product. Different companies keep on improving their product and keep on coming up with innovation in their product. To demonstrate the capability of their new enhancements they need the sample database. Microsoft have various sample database available for free download for their SQL Server Product. I have collected them here in a single blog post.
SQL SERVER – Weekly Series – Memory Lane – #034
Here is the list of selected articles of SQLAuthority.com across all these years. Instead of just listing all the articles I have selected a few of my most favorite articles and have listed them here with additional notes below it. Let me know which one of the following is your…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Storing 64-bit Unsigned Integer Value in Database
Here is a very interesting question I received in an email just another day. Some questions just are so good that it makes me wonder how come I have not faced it first hand. Anyway here is the question – “Pinal, I am migrating my database from MySQL to SQL…
Read MoreSQL – Contest to Get The Date – Win USD 50 Amazon Gift Cards and Cool Gift
If you are a regular reader of this blog – you will find no issue at all in resolving this puzzle. This contest is based on my experience with NuoDB. If you are not familiar with NuoDB, here are few pointers for you. Step by Step Guide to Download and…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – NuoDB in Sixty Seconds – SQL in Sixty Seconds #053
Earlier this week, I have done five part blog series on NuoDB and it was very well received by audience. NuoDB is an elastically scalable SQL database that can run on local host, datacenter and cloud-based resources. t is an operational NewSQL database built on a patented emergent architecture with full support for SQL and ACID…
Read MoreSQL – NuoDB and Third Party Explorer – SQuirreL SQL Client, SQL Workbench/J and DbVisualizer
I recently wrote a four-part series on how I started to learn about and begin my journey with NuoDB. Big Data is indeed a big world and the learning of the Big Data is like spaghetti – no one knows in reality where to start, so I decided to learn…
Read MoreSQL – Migrate Database from SQL Server to NuoDB – A Quick Tutorial
Data is growing exponentially and every organization with growing data is thinking of next big innovation in the world of Big Data. Big data is a indeed a future for every organization at one point of the time. Just like every other next big thing, big data has its own…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Microsoft SQL Server 2014 CTP1 Product Guide
Today in User Group meeting there were lots of questions related to SQL Server 2014. There are plenty of people still using SQL Server 2005 but everybody is curious about what is coming in SQL Server 2014. Â Microsoft has officially released SQL Server 2014 CTP1 Product Guide. You can easily…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Weekly Series – Memory Lane – #033
Here is the list of selected articles of SQLAuthority.com across all these years. Instead of just listing all the articles I have selected a few of my most favorite articles and have listed them here with additional notes below it. Let me know which one of the following is your…
Read MoreSQL – Quick Start with Explorer Sections of NuoDB – Query NuoDB Database
This is the third post in the series of the blog posts I am writing about NuoDB. NuoDBÂ is very innovative and easy-to-use product. I can clearly see how one can scale-out NuoDB with so much ease and confidence. In my very first blog post we discussed how we can install…
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