Introduction In SQL Server 2016, Microsoft introduced a new feature called dynamic data masking, which allows you to mask the values of certain columns and keep that data hidden from certain users, without having to modify your applications. Let's take a look at how SQL Server does data masking, and compare it to the way Gallium Data […]
2021-12-03
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SQL Monitor v12.0 has added a new Query Text Search feature to allow users to search the text of the most expensive queries that executed on a SQL Server instance over a period. Here's what it does, and how it works.
2021-12-03
Learn about the changes to the STRING_SPLIT function in Azure SQL Database that allows you to specify ordinal position of the output.
2021-12-03
Redgate is a proud sponsor of this year’s Accelerate State of DevOps Report, by the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team at Google Cloud. Watch our lastest webinar to find out how the future of DevOps will effect you.
2021-12-01
In this article we look how to use RETURN and OUTPUT in a SQL Server stored procedure to get a return value after execution.
2021-12-01
Markdown documents are becoming increasingly more popular and relevant with the emergence of notebooks. Markdown is a markup language for creating formatted text. It is widely used in tools for collaboration, tools for creating documentation and notebooks. Formatting is easy to understand, readable, simple to adopt, and agnostic. I can use a markdown document on […]
2021-11-29
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NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB, are an increasingly important component of enterprise data strategy, handling high-volume, scalable, and agile data management. As organizations adopt emerging NoSQL solutions, there is high demand to integrate these data sources with existing infrastructure and familiar tools. Standards-based data access facilitates your expansion into MongoDB by leveraging existing skills using […]
2021-11-29
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Join this Microsoft hosted webinar to hear from Microsoft MVP and Redgate Advocate, Grant Fritchey to learn more about monitoring hybrid database environments, as part of their Azure Series.
2021-11-29
In this tip we'll introduce you to Power Query, the self-service data preparation tool from the Power BI family
2021-11-29
AWS Glue is an ETL service from Amazon that enables you to prepare and load your data for storage and analytics. With Glue Studio, you can create no-code and low-code ETL jobs that work with data through CData Glue Connectors. In this article, we walk through configuring the CData Glue Connector for Salesforce to create and […]
2021-11-26
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