Search all String Columns in all SQL Server Tables or Views
In this article we look at T-SQL script you can use to search for a string in every table and view in every database or in a specific database.
2022-05-30
Articles
Loading Data using R and PowerBI
I'm not a fan of R visuals in PowerBI. I recently learned I can use R to load data and native PowerBI visuals to display the data. Here's how.
2022-05-27 (first published: 2017-10-16)
6,957 reads
Memory profiling in Python with tracemalloc
You can find memory leaks in Python code with tracemalloc. In this article, Priyanka Nawalramka demonstrates how to use tracemalloc to find the leaks.
2022-05-27
Simple Reporting with Flyway and Database Models
If you can generate a file-based (JSON) model for each new version of a database, produced by a Flyway migration, then you have an easy way to run simple reports to help you search, list, and understand the structure of these databases. I'll show how to produce the models using PowerShell and then run some queries against them to generate the reports.
2022-05-27
Oracle optimizer removing or coalescing subqueries
The Oracle optimizer often changes the query to get better performance. In this article, Jonathan Lewis explains two more optimizations involving subqueries.
2022-05-25
Sharing SQL Prompt Code Snippets and Styles via the Redgate Platform
SQL Prompt users can now share formatting style or code snippets in designated Team spaces on the Redgate Platform. Louis Davidson explains how it works.
2022-05-25
How to use Images in Power BI Report Builder
Learn how you can add images to your reports in Power BI when using the Report Builder.
2022-05-23
5,989 reads
Database DevOps: Standardize, Automate, Monitor & Protect
See how our end-to-end framework for extending DevOps to your database enables your organization to balance the demand to deliver software fast with the need to protect and preserve business critical data.
2022-05-23
Getting results using less T-SQL
There is usually more than one way to write a query. In this article, Edward Pollack explains a few ways to write simpler T-SQL code.
2022-05-23
2022-05-20 (first published: 2019-02-05)
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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