It is easy to attach details and documentation to a SQL Server database using extended properties. In fact, you can add a number of items of information to any database objects such as tables, views, procedures or users.
2019-11-19
Tony Davis reviews the major new features of SQL Prompt 10, included improved 'ranking' of its code auto-completion suggestions, tab history improvements to make it easier to find 'lost' code, and auto-fixing of code that breaks code analysis rules.
2019-11-19
Join Redgate’s Arneh Eskandari and BMW’s Tony Maddonna for a free webinar on Nov 20: How to make your 2020 monitoring strategy a success. Learn how to prepare for successful estate growth, expected trends for the year, and the role monitoring plays in engabling growth and stability in your organization.
2019-11-18 (first published: 2019-11-08)
Power BI dataflows is a powerful self-service ETL tool. However, some features demand the use of Power BI Premium, way more expensive than the PRO version and sometimes inaccessible. In this latest blog post Dennes Torres explores the subject.
2019-11-18
Phil Factor describes how custom pre- and post-deployment scripts work, when doing state-based database deployments with SQL Compare or SQL Change Automation, and how you might use them to, for example, add a version number to the target database, specify its database settings, or stuff data into some tables.
2019-11-18
Learn how you can script specific objects from SSMS and store or update them in a git repository.
2019-11-15 (first published: 2018-04-05)
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Take advantage of the CI/CD pipeline in Azure DevOps to build, test, and deploy continuously to deliver value to your customers consistently with ease. In this article, Joydip Kanjilal shows you how to get started with Azure DevOps using a .NET Core app.
2019-11-15
In the latest version of SQL Prompt, we’ve made improvements to all the most popular features. Our new ranked suggestions algorithm prioritizes the suggestions most relevant to you, tab history improvements let you find old tabs easily and star favorites, and new auto-fixes help you resolve code issues quickly. With support for key features of SQL Server 2019, which was made available this week at Microsoft Ignite, SQL Prompt 10 gives you the latest tools to develop faster, improve code quality, and boost team productivity.
2019-11-15
Power BI Workbooks | Step by Step - In this tip we look at how to work with Power BI workbooks and in the previous tip we looked at working with Power BI datasets.
2019-11-14
If you are evaluating a tool such as a text editor or spreadsheet, it is easy: you just install it, you run it, you decide whether you need it. Job done. However, a similar 'unboxing' or 'unwrapping' of SQL Clone, and installing across a network, is not so quick and easy. Phil Factor's solution is to install and run a complete installation of SQL Clone on a single box. This allows you to try everything out, creating images and deploying clones, while isolated from the network. It can then be extended across a network, subsequently, when it's been fully tested.
2019-11-14
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I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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