SQLPSX is a useful library you can add to PowerShell to automate many DBA tasks. In this article, Laerte Junior demonstrates several useful commands and shows you how to create a SQL Agent job using this library to run daily DBA checks.
2018-11-19
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Considering SQL Server 2019? Erik tells you what kinds of queries will get the biggest performance improvements.
2018-11-16
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Demonstration of the T-SQL Decommenter removing comments from a sample T-SQL batch.
2018-11-15
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Database administrators are typically responsible for the security and availability of financial data. In this article, Robert Sheldon discusses SOX, passed in 2002, that governs financial data of publicly traded companies in the US.
2018-11-15
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This article was created to help readers understand CosmosDB change feed processing.
2018-11-13
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Azure SQL Database offers a straightforward approach to controlling its performance through vertical scaling. Despite its simplicity, scaling up has obvious pricing implications and, while it is an online operation, it might result in rollback of in-flight transactions. If you are looking for a supplemental approach to enhancing performance, then you might want to consider implementing in-memory technologies which are part of the Azure SQL Database feature set.
2018-11-13
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The open source Barcode Image Generation Library enables insertion of twenty-seven different types of linear barcode symbols into SSRS reports without the use of barcode fonts.
2018-11-12
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In the third article of this series on testing PowerShell code with Pester, Robert Cain demonstrates how to test the functions in a PowerShell module.
2018-11-12
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Tara explains when index DMVs gets reset by telling a story from her dark past.
2018-11-09
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2018-11-08
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It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
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