How to send Flyway logging and error output to JSON and consume it in PowerShell to produce ad-hoc database migrations reports, including any errors that occurred, the version of the database, runtimes for each migration script and more.
2021-04-01
In this article, Joe Celko explains interpolation and covers a bit about the history and what we all did before computers.
2021-03-31
You need a fast, general-purpose way to save the results of a query or batch or procedure into any sort of worktable, such as a temporary table or a table variable or table valued parameter. A simple SELECT…INTO isn't versatile enough for these requirements, and the alternative ways to handcraft the list of columns are slow and error prone. Phil Factor shows how to create a 'table-build generator' that will do all this, and save you a lot of time, especially if you use a lot of working tables in your code.
2021-03-30
Learn how to manage and troubleshoot Kerberos authentication for SQL Server using the Kerberos Configuration Manager.
2021-03-30
Learn how to configure and use SQL Server Management Studio to do run the same query against many different SQL Servers and consolidate the results.
2021-03-29
In this brand new course on the Redgate University Grant Fritchey walks you through the many ways in which SQL Prompt can be customized to suit your specific needs.
2021-03-29
A new feature in Power BI is the Smart Narrative that allows you to add a textual narrative to your reports to help provide additional information to the user.
2021-03-26
A SQL Server query is suddenly running slowly, for no obvious reason. Grant Fritchey shares a 5-point plan to help you track down the cause and fix the problem.
2021-03-26
There are certain checks that need to be done after a database migration is complete. One good example of this is the check that a migration script, such as one that merges changes from a branch into main, doesn't cause 'invalid objects' (a.k.a. 'missing references') in your databases. I'll show you how to run this check, using sp_RefreshSQLModule, and incorporate it into a Flyway "after" migration script.
2021-03-25
In this article we explore additional capabilities of Azure Synapse Spark and SQL Serverless External Tables.
2021-03-25
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