Detective Stories - Tracking Down the Database's Dependents Part I
No worries about dropping databases. Now we can search for its dependencies before the database dies. Part 1 of a 2-part article.
2017-03-06
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Articles
Project Bletchley - The Microsoft Vision for Blockchain
The SQL Server Luxembourg User Group invites you to join us at our next event in Microsoft’s Offices, at 6:00pm on Tuesday 7th March
2017-03-06
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Finding the Worst Performing TSQL Statement
Greg Larsen explains how you can use Dynamic Management Objects and stored procedures to return your worst performing T-SQL statements.
2017-03-06
5,202 reads
Usage of CTE - Trick with Dates
This article exlores the usage of CTEs as a replacement to cursors in order to generate additional data by applying logic to existing data.
2017-03-03 (first published: 2013-06-18)
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Clone a SQL Server login and password to a new server
Bhavesh Patel shows how to clone a SQL Server login onto another server while keeping the password the same.
2017-03-03
4,570 reads
Configure SSRS with an SSL Certificate
A short demonstration on how to configure Reporting Services (SSRS) with an SSL certificate.
2017-03-02
147,034 reads
How to Programmatically Determine Which Edition of SQL Server is Installed
Greg Larsen shows you how to determine if you are running the standard, enterprise, or developer edition of SQL Server.
2017-03-02
3,772 reads
DevOps and “Shift Left” for Databases
The easiest way of explaining how a DevOps approach to database deployment can dramatically speed up the process is to use the term ‘shift-left’. By performing, or at least...
2017-03-01
5,552 reads
2017-02-28
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One way to get an index seek for a leading %wildcard
In an effort to make leading wildcard searches sargable, Aaron Bertrand plays around with a trigram-type implementation in SQL Server.
2017-02-28
5,792 reads
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