How to stop standardization being a stumbling block in database DevOps
Redgate's Heath Tull discusses ways to standardize team-based development with database DevOps, avoiding standardization as a stumbling block.
2019-08-14
Articles
2019-08-13
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Redgate Takes over the SQLCop Project
I am happy to announce the Redgate Software and I are supporting and taking over stewardship of the SQL Cop project at this point. With permission from its founder, George Mastros, we will host the main repository for the project at https://www.github.com/red-gate/sqlcop. This should be considered the official repository for the code from this point […]
2019-08-13
3,940 reads
Executing Dynamic SQL Using sp_executesql
Learn how to create and execute dynamic SQL in your SQL Server projects!
2019-08-13
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
8,671 reads
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
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
A Daily Report from Claude
By Steve Jones
Redgate had some Claude training recently, which I went through as my knowledge has...
A New Word: Gnossienne
By Steve Jones
gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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