MDX Guide for SQL Folks: Part II - Hierarchies and Functions
Learn everything about MDX by drawing only on your SQL knowledge.
2012-12-18
13,093 reads
Articles
Version Control with Integration Services
Thie article focuses on using SSIS to automatically check in the changes that the developers missed for the day into the version control system.
2012-12-18
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Checking SQL Server Services Owner
Not only is the DBA responsible for the running status of the Services, they are responsible that the Service is running with a proper owner.
2012-12-18
2,334 reads
Win a Collection of SQL and .NET Books. And a Bookshelf
After winning a number of awards for our software, Red Gate is giving away books to 300 people as a celebration.
2012-12-18 (first published: 2012-12-11)
7,193 reads
Parent Package Variable Configuration and Logging
In SSIS, when we use 'parent package variable configuration' the order of event execution is quite different than the normal execution order. In this article we will see what the impact on execution order when we use 'parent package variable configuration'.
2012-12-17
3,753 reads
QlikView for Beginners - An Introduction to QlikView
A brief introduction to getting started with QlikView.
2012-12-17
3,886 reads
Coping with Infrastructure Upgrades
A common topic for questions on SQL Server forums is how to plan and implement upgrades to SQL Server. Moving from old to new hardware or moving from one version of SQL Server to another. There are other circumstances where upgrades of other systems affect SQL Server DBAs.
2012-12-17
2,026 reads
Disaster In The Real World - #2
Back in April Steve Jones wrote up a disaster at work. Andy had one this week and wrote up the story too. Copy cat! Pretty soon everyone will be having a disaster and writing a story about it! Give these guys credit for letting you see what happens when it ALL goes bad. Disaster recovery is hard to sell and hard to do, reading the article might give you an idea that will save you some time and/or data one day.
2012-12-14 (first published: 2002-07-31)
10,688 reads
Disaster Recovery Week
This week we highlight the practice of being prepared for disasters at SQLServerCentral.
2012-12-14 (first published: 2012-12-10)
5,588 reads
Database Deployment Cribsheet
As part of Simple-Talk's long-running Cribsheet series, they asked William Brewer to write a guide to deployment that described in general terms what is involved in the deployment of a database application, and the sort of issues you're likely to come up against.
2012-12-14
2,216 reads
Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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