Automating Red Gate SQL Compare with MSSQL Server Agent
How to compare two databases and email the results to every one who needs to know
2014-10-29
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Articles
SQL Overview SSIS Package III - Full Package
Continuing on with his series on reporting for your SQL Server, David Bird brings together the series with the full package used for building the report.s
2014-10-29 (first published: 2008-01-22)
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Data Is Crazier than You Think
As a society, we have an unrealistic respect for data, especially if it has a decimal point somewhere and uses metric units. We who are in the business of data need to cultivate a renewed interest in the sceptical and rigorous science of statistics: it is too important to leave to 'Data Scientists'. If the data is wrong, or the way we analyse or report it is misleading, much of what we do is pointless.
2014-10-28
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SQL Monitor Custom Metric: Average I/O Stalls
This metric is a great general indicator of performance problems. High stall times indicate I/O problems, which can be attributed to busy physical disks or queries that return large data sets to the client.
2014-10-28
7,321 reads
Dynamically change background color in SSRS reports using custom code
This article demonstrates the use of custom code and cell expressions referencing that custom code to toggle the background color of groups of rows in an SSRS report based upon value-changes in one of the fields.
2014-10-27
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Preparing Your Enterprise for Big Data
Big data applications are now fairly commonplace in large organizations. It is, however, difficult to simply ‘drop’ these applications into an existing IT infrastructure and expect to run smoothly. In addition to energy and cooling requirements for new hardware to support the new big data application, other IT areas need to prepare.
2014-10-27
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Memory Corruptions, or Why You Need DBCC CHECKDB
DBCC is a mechanism that can protect you against corruptions causing substantial data loss in your database. If you use it.
2014-10-24 (first published: 2012-11-08)
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The MidnightDBAs release Minion Reindex
The MidnightDBAs have developed a free reindexing solution to help DBAs perform maintenance on their instances. Read about the solution and attend their webinar.
2014-10-24
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The Role of the Technical Architect in Development
What do Technical Architects (TAs) actually do when in a development role? Are they just senior developers 'pushed upstairs' into a management role? Is there a clear distinction between a TA and a product, or project, manager? In an increasingly automated and joined up development environment, the role is important, varied and wide-ranging; as Grzegorz Strzelecki explains.
2014-10-24
11,772 reads
Red Gate Rolls Out the Red Carpet for SQL Server Users
SQL in the City, the unique event for database developers and administrators organized by Red Gate Software, hits the streets of London and Seattle this fall. Now in its fourth year, it features presentations by some of the world’s top SQL Server speakers.
2014-10-23 (first published: 2014-08-15)
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