Executing Dynamic SQL Using sp_executesql
Learn how to create and execute dynamic SQL in your SQL Server projects!
2019-08-13
Articles
How to convince your boss you need SQL Server monitoring
You’ve read the State of SQL Server Monitoring Report and you’ve decided you need a SQL Server monitoring tool to cover your estate fully. Now you just need to convince your boss to get on board. Read our blog to find out how to do it.
2019-08-13
Dynamic SQL for beginners in 33 minutes
Learn some of the basics of using Dynamic SQL in a short series of videos.
2019-08-12
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How to boost team productivity with SQL Clone 4
Wednesday August 21 16.00-17.00 BST/ 10.00-11.00 Central - SQL Clone enables dev, test and CI environments to be created and refreshed in seconds, on demand or through self-service, with the latest copy of production data, masked for compliance.
2019-08-12
Measuring the Right Things
In this weeks Simple Talk editorial Kathi Kellenberger discusses how to measure the performance of a development team and why you should always make sure you are measuring the right thing, not just the easy thing.
2019-08-12
Track Sensitive Data with SQL Server Extended Properties
A major priority in our industry today is protecting and tracking sensitive data. See how you can utilize SQL Server Extended Properties to do just that.
2019-08-09 (first published: 2017-11-27)
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Find out exactly what SQL Monitor can save you
Redgate’s SQL Monitor was named the most popular third-party monitoring tool in this year's State of SQL Server Monitoring Report. Find out exactly what SQL Monitor can save you and your company with the ROI calculator.
2019-08-09
Power BI Bubble Map, Shape Map and Filled Map Examples
In this tip we look various map visualizations like Bubble, Shape and Filled Map visualizations you can use with Power BI.
2019-08-09
Some T-SQL INSERTs DO Follow the Fill Factor! (SQL Oolie)
With origins from the world of “Submarine ‘Dolphin’ Qualification” questions, an “Oolie” is a difficult question to answer, or the knowledge or fact needed to answer such a question, that may or may not pertain to one's duties but tests one's knowledge of a system or process to the limit. Introduction Contrary to what many […]
2019-08-08
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PolyBase in SQL Server 2019 – The End of ETL?
PolyBase has been around since 2016, but Microsoft is enhancing it in 2019 with the ability to connect to more data sources. You can now use PolyBase to connect to other SQL Server instances, and it’s easy to set up with a wizard. In this article Benjamin Weissman explains what’s new in PolyBase and walks you through setting it up and connecting to an external table.
2019-08-08
Blogs
Reality (And Limits) of Instant File Initialization for Transaction Logs in SQL Server 2022
By SQLPals
Reality (And Limits) of Instant File Initialization for Transaction Logs in SQL Server 2022 ...
Looking Back at the Redgate 2026 Company Kickoff
By Steve Jones
Last week I spent a few days in Cambridge, UK for the Redgate Company...
PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Recap
By alevyinroc
This is long overdue but life and distractions happened. It’s been a little over...
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Adding and Dropping Columns II
I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) , [Country2] [char] (3), [stateprovince2] [char] (2), [Country] [char] (3), [stateprovince] [char] ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to drop the stateprovince2 and country2 columns. What code should I use? See possible answers