Email based validation is more than just a simple RFC check, this is where Melissa's Global Email Verification with a web-based API and SSIS delivers valuable data to SQL Server Professionals.
2020-12-14
A data catalog allows an organization to discover and record the facts about its data, where that data is held and how it used. William Brewer explains the details.
2020-12-14
Continued analysis of index architecture with revised clustered index. Part 2 of Column Order Indexes
2020-12-11 (first published: 2019-04-24)
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Phil Factor's take on the best ways to reverse or accelerate your way out of the problems caused by a failed database update.
2020-12-11
SQL Developer is a popular free tool for working with Oracle databases. In this article Srinivasan Suresh explains several features of SQL Developer that can make you more productive.
2020-12-11
Introduction PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language; it is designed specifically for system administrators and power-users, to rapidly automate the administration of multiple operating systems (Linux, OSX, and Windows) and the processes related to the applications that run on those operating systems. For system administrators (DBAs\Wintel Admins), creating PowerShell scripts is a […]
2020-12-10
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In this article we look at a PowerShell script that can help you deploy database objects to multiple SQL Server instances.
2020-12-10
Join Microsoft MVP Grant Fritchey and Redgate's Owen Standage on a journey through the hidden treasures of SQL Prompt. Discover features of the unknown that will enable you to write, format, analyze and refactor your SQL effortlessly.
2020-12-10
There are a handful of options when backing up SQL Server databases. A DBA must understand the differences and come up with a plan that protects the organisation’s data. In this article, Pamela Mooney explains service level agreements, recovery models, and some strategies to ensure that the data can be restored quickly.
2020-12-09
This free eBook from Redgate Software will take you from the fundamentals of Statistics, Cost Estimation, Index Selection, and the Execution Engine, and guide you through the inner workings of the Query Optimization process, and throws in a pragmatic look at Parameterization and Hints along the way.
2020-12-09 (first published: 2012-12-11)
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Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break...
By Steve Jones
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation...
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
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I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers