3 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Using Entity Framework
Coming from a SQL developer background these few inner workings of Entity Framework caught me by surprise.
2020-06-05 (first published: 2016-05-17)
20,395 reads
Articles
Migrating SQL Monitor’s Base Service to .NET Core
Josh Crang explains why SQL Monitor will be switched to run on .NET Core, and how the team tested the potential performance improvements in the monitoring service.
2020-06-05
Storage 101: Modern Storage Technologies
In this article of the series, Robert Sheldon discuses emerging trends in storage like virtual SANs, intelligent storage, computational storage and storage-class memory.
2020-06-05
How to Download Stocks on Schedule Using R
Learn how you can use R to download stock data from Yahoo and schedule a script to run as often as you would like.
2020-06-04
4,407 reads
Help Redgate to build the next generation of Database DevOps solutions
Help Redgate to build the next generation of Database DevOps solutions so that we can help you to deliver the next generation of your software. To get involved please complete our short 2-page survey on current development practices.
2020-06-04
How I Use Streamlabs OBS for Streaming and Training Classes
I’ve been working on my streaming setup for months now, and I’m just trying to save you some time if you really wanna take the streaming thing seriously.
2020-06-04
Automate Oracle database deployments with Redgate Change Automation
We’re excited to introduce a brand-new capability of the Deployment Suite for Oracle: Redgate Change Automation is a command line tool with built-in safety checks that lets you safely automate your Oracle database deployment. With four commands that help you build, test, prepare, and perform Oracle database releases, Redgate Change Automation can be used as part of a CI/CD pipeline.
2020-06-03
SQL Server Business Continuity – Know Your Options
SQL Server database business continuity, including high availability and disaster recovery, is not an easy topic to engineer for. The business must work with the IT teams to define service-level agreements, statistically significant scenarios to plan for, and then decide on a budget.
2020-06-03
Microsoft SQL Server Utilities and Tools
Useful free and paid utilities and tools for Microsoft SQL Server - complete list of 275 Utilities
2020-06-02 (first published: 2020-05-26)
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How to Add Help to PowerShell Scripts
PowerShell scripts are the tool of choice for many admins, but how do you make them easy for others to use? In this article, Greg Moore shows how to add professional looking help to your scripts that work just like the help in cmdlets.
2020-06-02
Blogs
Using AI for Git Hooks
By Steve Jones
Recently I had someone internally ask about whether SQL Source Control supports Git Hooks....
Flyway Tips: AI Helps with Commit Messages
By Steve Jones
At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better...
Startup scripts in SQL Server containers
I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025...
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Question of the Day
Encoding Strings
I have this code in SQL Server 2025. What is the result?
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(@message); SELECT @encoded AS EncodedResult;See possible answers