Transaction Log Stairway Series available as a book
Red Gate Books has released SQL Server Transaction Log Management, a free eBook on maintaining and troubleshooting the enigmatic transaction log based on the Stairway Series.
2013-05-23
1,510 reads
Articles
Backup and Restore SQL Server with the SQL Server 2012 PowerShell cmdlets
There are plenty of occasions when it makes a lot of sense to do backup and restore scripts in PowerShell. Microsoft have put effort into making it much easier, as Allen White demonstrates.
2013-05-23
3,650 reads
Paging Data with T-SQL
Greg Larsen shares a number of different TSQL methods to provide paging functionality, for when your application requires that you display only one page of data at a time.
2013-05-22
5,165 reads
Power View for Cubes
This document evaluates the latest functionality provided by Microsoft SQL Server 2012 With Power View for Multidimensional Models[1], this SQL Server 2012 CTP release allows connections between Power View and Multidimensional Models ( cubes) and not just Tabular Models.
2013-05-21
6,443 reads
Centralizing SQL Server Express Job Scheduling
I'm interested in monitoring all my SQL Server backups, but for SQL Server Express we're currently using scheduled backups using Windows Task scheduler on each SQL Server Express since SQL Agent does not come installed on Express Editions. Is there an alternative where I can utilize my existing SQL Server infrastructure?
2013-05-21
3,108 reads
Connecting to AdventureWorks on Azure
A quick guide for connecting to our free copy of AdventureWorks on the Azure platform.
2013-05-20
12,020 reads
How Maintenance Plans are a Big Plus for SQL Server Administration
SQL Server 2012 makes your database maintenance jobs easy by proving an effective Maintenance Plan Wizard. This wizard does a fair job of creating core maintenance plans for your database.
2013-05-20
5,172 reads
SQLServerCentral Hosts AdventureWorks on Azure
SQLServerCentral and Red Gate software have agreed to host the AdventureWorks database on the Azure platform and give free access to anyone that wants to practice querying it.
2013-05-20
2,264 reads
Azure SQL Database Maintenance
It is increasingly likely that DBAs are now given responsibility for maintaining Azure SQL databases as well as conventional SQL Server databases. What is likely to be required by way of maintenence? What are the differences? Grant Fritchey covers what you need to know.
2013-05-20
2,964 reads
Powershell Database Backup Script
Learn how to write a script for regular database backups using Powershell and SMO.
2013-05-17 (first published: 2011-01-05)
22,456 reads
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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