SQL Server at Scale - Using an Archive Table - Part 2
In my previous tip, I explained how we are inclined to use archive tables and how they become increasingly problematic over time. This tip will focus on ways to mitigate the issues.
2022-11-28
Articles
Conditional Formatting with SSRS
An introduction on how to implement condition formatting of cells, such as the font and background colour or font weight, within SSRS using SSRS Expressions.
2022-11-25 (first published: 2020-09-17)
42,688 reads
Is Azure SQL Database a Good Choice for your Database Applications?
In this article, we cover things you should know about Azure SQL Database and why this may be a good choice for your database applications.
2022-11-25
Why bother automating?
Bob Pusateri, Database Engineering Lead at Salesforce, joined our recent Summit to discuss how automation can enable digital transformation. Listen in full.
2022-11-25
Amazon RDS - Configuring a Connection to a SQL Server Instance
In this article, you will learn how to configure an RDS database for connections from client tools.
2022-11-23 (first published: 2022-11-21)
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Introducing the MySQL UPDATE statement
In the previous two articles in this series, you learned about SELECT and INSERT, two important data manipulation language (DML) statements in MySQL. In this article, I focus on the UPDATE statement, another valuable DML statement in MySQL.
2022-11-23
Using SQL Backup in Development Work
For a development team, SQL Backup provides a simple way to restore development or test databases, if required, while minimizing the tedium of the task of taking, managing, and restoring the backups. We can generate the required backup commands in the GUI and then use them to construct a SQL script that backs up all the required databases. We can even use the backup commands in a beforeMigrate SQL callback, in Flyway, to make sure the current version is safely backed up before we run migration.
2022-11-23
Amazon RDS - Configuring a Connection to a SQL Server Instance
In this article, you will learn how to configure an RDS database for connections from client tools.
2022-11-21
3,078 reads
An Introduction to SQL Triggers
Learn about SQL Server triggers and how to use them for inserts, updates, and deletes on a table, along with step-by-step examples.
2022-11-21
New Flyway Course on Redgate University
Flyway Desktop is the newest way to automate database deployments. In this brand new course Kathi Kellenberger provides an overview of DevOps, including definitions, tools, and demos of some of the advanced features available in Flyway Desktop.
2022-11-21
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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