Iteration and Conditional Activities in Azure Data Factory
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Auditing SQL Server – Part 3 – SQL Server Configuration Audit
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Data Prediction with SQL Server Machine Learning Services, Python, and Linear Regression
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Reduce SQL Server Blocking with READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT
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Recover a Database from Suspect Mode Step by Step
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10 tips for Test Data Management success
What are the challenges to implementing a successful test data management strategy? In our recent webinar ‘Harnessing the Power of Test Data Management: Strategies for Success’, Redgate’s Steve Jones was joined by Hamish Watson (DevOps Consultant) and Daniel Watkins (Director/Principal Consultant) to talk all things TDM and how to implement it efficiently and effectively. Here are 10 key tips and takeaways from their conversation in a short blog post.
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I’m not the first person to write about cleaning up unused or redundant indexes.
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Question of the Day
Who am I?
If I want to track which login called a stored procedure and use the value in an audit, what function can I use to replace the xxx below?
create procedure AddNewCustomer
@customername varchar(200)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @added VARCHAR(100)
SELECT @added = xxx
IF @customername IS NOT NULL
INSERT dbo.Customer
(
CustomerName,
AddedBy
)
VALUES
(@customername, @added)
END See possible answers