Restore and Recovery
The restoration process of a SQL Server database passes through two phases: Restore and Recovery.
SQL Server
Writing T-SQL Videos
In late 2018, I recorded a series of videos for APRESS publishing on how to write T-SQL Queries. (I have linked to the O’Reilly website below.) There are four titles in the series with each title about 45 minutes in length. The first is how to write a T-SQL SELECT…
What is SQL?
What is SQL? What is the difference between SQL the language and SQL the server?
Writing a SELECT statement
What are the basics in writing a T-SQL SELECT? How to return columns and records from a table in SQL Server.
Filtering Records by Numbers
How to use the WHERE statement to filter records when the value is a number or integer data type in a T-SQL statement.
Sort Records using ORDER BY
How to use the ORDER BY statement to sort records in a T-SQL statement in both ascending and descending order.
Table Constraints
Restricting data by using Table Constraints in SQL Server. What are the different table constraints in SQL Server?
What is a Schema?
The term schema could mean several different things. What are the different meanings and how are schemas are used in SQL Server.
70-765 SQL Admin Exam
I finally passed the 70-765 exam. This finished up the MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration certification and also re-earned the MCSE: Data Management and Analytics certification for 2018. I will say that this exam was not easy. The questions themselves are not that bad, but just the sheer amount of…
In-Memory OLTP
Free ebook: SQL Server Internals – In-Memory OLTP. In this book Kalen Delaney introduces and explains how the 2016 In-Memory OLTP engine works. The Hekaton internals knowledge offered in this book will help you migrate existing tables or databases to Hekaton, and get faster performance from your SQL Server applications…