Switch case statements are a substitute for long if statements that compare a variable to several “integral” values (“integral” values are simply values that can be expressed as an integer, such as the value of a char). The basic format Read More …
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Part 4: Functions in C++
Now that you should have learned about variables, loops, and conditional statements it is time to learn about functions. You should have an idea of their uses as we have already used them and defined one in the guise of Read More …
Part 3: Loops in C++
Loops are used to repeat a block of code. Being able to have your program repeatedly execute a block of code is one of the most basic but useful tasks in programming — many programs or websites that produce extremely Read More …
Part 2: If statements in C++
The ability to control the flow of your program, letting it make decisions on what code to execute, is valuable to the programmer. The if statement allows you to control if a program enters a section of code or not Read More …
Part 1: Introduction to the C++ Language
A C++ program is a collection of commands, which tell the computer to do “something”. This collection of commands is usually called C++ source code, source code or just code. Commands are either “functions” or “keywords”. Keywords are a basic building block of the Read More …
Part 3 – Encrypting an existing database with TDE
The process of setting up TDE is the same whether you’ve just set up a new database, or whether you’re working with a live database. Once you turn encryption on SQL Server will begin the process of encrypting any data Read More …
Part 2 – Setting up Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
You can set up Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) when you first create a database, or you can apply it to an existing database. In the latter case, once TDE has been enabled it will set to work encrypting your existing Read More …
Part 1 – What is Transparent Data Encryption?
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) was introduced in SQL 2008 as a way of protecting “at rest” data. It continues to be available in all versions of SQL right up until the present, until recently it was only available in the Read More …
CI/CD with GitHub Database Projects and Azure Pipelines
With the high pace of development, data architects/engineers must be able to keep up with our DevOps counterparts. We also want the many benefits of CI/CD for databases such as fewer errors, stable builds, better release management, and less manual Read More …
Performance Optimization Techniques on Azure Data Lake
The following article depicts performance optimization on Azure Data Lake.It is Assumed that people reading this have a general idea on ADL, U-SQL and general querying.Before we move on let’s understand key terms in determining a query performance: Analytic Unit Stages in a Read More …