How to replace an identity column with a sequence number
SQL Server provides two ways to include an incrementing number in a table. Greg Larsen explains how to replace an identity column with a sequence number.
2022-01-24
Articles
Prevent Accidental Data Deletion in Azure Storage Container with Soft Delete Features
Learn about enabling soft-delete for your Azure Storage containers.
2022-01-21
1,884 reads
Choosing Between SQL Server Integration Services and Azure Data Factory
In this article we look at the similarities and differences of SSIS and Azure Data Factory and provide some insight as to when you would use one over the other.
2022-01-21
The Redgate Advocates Predict… 3 Key Challenges to Overcome in 2022
Read what Grant, Steve and Kathi predict will be the biggest challenges for data professionals to overcome this year.
2022-01-21
Playing popular game of Wordle using T-SQL
Popular and addictive game of Wordle is now written in Transact SQL script. With this script, you can now play this game on Microsoft SQL Server, using your favourite editor - SSMS, ADS, VS Code, and enjoy playing the game during free time, or whilst waiting for the other SQL query to complete.
2022-01-19
4,556 reads
Playing popular game of Wordle using T-SQL
Popular and addictive game of Wordle is now written in Transact SQL script. With this script, you can now play this game on Microsoft SQL Server, using your favourite editor - SSMS, ADS, VS Code, and enjoy playing the game during free time, or whilst waiting for the other SQL query to complete.
2022-01-19
724 reads
Reporting on Changes Made by Flyway Migration Scripts
Phil Factor demonstrates some PowerShell tasks that will produce a high-level overview, or narrative, of the main differences in the metadata between two versions of a database, during Flyway Teams migrations.
2022-01-19
SQL Identity Column Gaps and Conversion in SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL
Learn about identity column sequence gaps and changing an existing column to an identity column in SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL.
2022-01-19
SQL Server Dacpac in Azure Data Studio
Introduction This article will introduce you to the SQL Server Dacpac in Azure Data Studio. We will also learn about the Bacpac. In the Azure Data Studio, we have an extension named SQL Server Dacpac which allows us to deploy, extract Dacpacs, create a database from a Bacpac and export a schema and data to […]
2022-01-17
13,472 reads
Power BI Zoom and Focus
In this article we look at how to add the zoom feature to your charts and graphs in Power BI reports for a better user experience.
2022-01-17
Blogs
ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)
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Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log
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Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log If you...
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Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines That Don't Break at Scale
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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