Sorting Months By Number (SQL Spackle)
Fill in another bit of your T-SQL knowledge by learning how to sort a result set by the proper month order, but use the month name instead.
2019-04-12 (first published: 2010-11-15)
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Articles
Avoid running out of Disk Space ever again using SQL Monitor
SQL Monitor not only collects all the disk and database growth tracking data you need, automatically, but also analyses trends in this data to predict accurately when either a disk volume will run out of free space, or a database file will need to grow.
2019-04-12
Manage SQL Server Agent History More Effectively
In this tip we look at how to build a custom approach to managing SQL Server Agent history data.
2019-04-12
SQL Server System Audit Report
Ensuring that your SQL Server is secure is the job of every Database Administrator. In this article I will provide a script to help perform easier audits of your system.
2019-04-11 (first published: 2016-02-02)
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Deploying and Reverting Clones for Database Development and Testing
It can be quite a shock for developers to realize they can make radical changes to the data or schema, while testing, safe in the knowledge that it will take them only a few seconds to revert the database to its original state. Phil Factor demonstrates how it's done, using SQL Clone and PowerShell.
2019-04-11
What happens when you cancel or kill a resumable index creation?
SQL Server 2019 adds resumable online index creation, and it’s pretty spiffy according to Brent.
2019-04-11
How to create and refresh development and test databases automatically, using SQL Clone and SQL Toolbelt
Phil Factor shows how a set of Redgate tools can be used together, via PowerShell, to build a database from object-level source, stock it with data, document it, and then provision any number of test and development servers. Before tearing down and rebuilding a database to a new version, we take care to save any DDL changes made to the existing copy.
2019-04-10
SQL and NoSQL Database Features and Differences
In this tip we will talk about the features and main differences between SQL and NoSQL databases.
2019-04-10
Configuring Azure SQL Databases Using Azure Resource Manager Templates
Template-based provisioning simplifies deployment and promotes principles of DevOps and Infrastructure as Code, making it the recommended method for implementing cloud-based services. However, its benefits extend beyond initial implementation, since you can apply it to configuring and maintaining existing Azure SQL Database instances. In this article, you explore an example of this approach.
2019-04-09
How are you using tools to design and model databases?
Redgate invite you to participate in their survey on database modeling. In order to inform their future product decisions, they'd like to better understand the needs and motivations behind the use of such tools.
2019-04-08
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