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Database Deployment: The Bits - Agent Jobs and Other Server Objects

Databases often need more than just the database objects to run. There may be certain server objects and components, and SQL Agent objects, that are required as well. For an automated deployment, these need to be identified and their build script placed in source control. They then need to be deployed via the pre, or post deployment script. Phil spells out how and why.

2013-05-29

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New SQL Monitor Custom Metric: Issues found by sp_Blitz

This custom metric adds Brent Ozar's popular SP_Blitz scripts to Red Gate SQL Monitor. It looks for configuration, security, health and performance problems, and reports back with a list of issues for you to look into. It’s great for quickly understanding the state of a server you've been asked to look after.

2013-05-29

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Uploading Data to Windows Azure SQL Database

One way of getting the advantages of the Cloud without having to migrate the entire database is to just maintain a copy of the data that needs to be accessible to internet-based users in Windows Azure SQL Database. There are various ways of keeping the two in sync, and Feodor Georgiev describes a solution based in using SSIS.

2013-05-28

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Question of the Day

Adding new column with DEFAULT

Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test;
CREATE TABLE #test (id INT)
INSERT INTO #test (id)
SELECT *
  FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs
;

ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0;
go
UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1
UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2

INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4)

SELECT COUNT(*)
  FROM #test AS t
 WHERE flag = 0
 

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