SQL Change Automation enables users to make database changes to production safely and efficiently using PowerShell cmdlets, which can be integrated easily into any release management tool. This article will show you how to automate database deployments safely, by using SQL Change Automation from within PowerShell scripts, and how a deployment script for a release can be checked and amended as part of the process.
2020-06-15
Most advice you see online about heaps is to avoid them. In this article, Uwe Ricken describes the basics of heaps so that you can determine when heaps are the best choice.
2020-06-15
Phil Factor distills the basic tasks of the database development stage and explains how SQL Compare can help tackle them.
2020-06-12
As organisations move to cloud platforms like Azure and AWS, understanding security is more important than ever. In this article, Vasanth Makam explains what companies need to know to make sure their data is secure.
2020-06-12
Alexander Diab demonstrates how a team of developers can work on and test features in different branches of a SQL Server database development project, while their local development database automatically remains 'synchronized' with the current branch in version control.
2020-06-11
In this article we look at different examples of how to use GROUP BY with your SQL Server queries and the different results you get with the various options.
2020-06-11
Grant Fritchey explains what's involved in masking a SQL Server database. It can seem a daunting task, but it all becomes a lot more logical if you start from a plan, based on agreed data classifications, and then use a tool like Data Masker to implement the masking, and track progress.
2020-06-10
When the optimizer doesn’t estimate the correct amount of memory for a query, either memory is wasted that could be used for other processes or some operations will spill to disk. Microsoft has added Memory Grant Feedback to help overcome this issue. In this article, Greg Larsen explains what you need to know about this new feature.
2020-06-10
Nearly 1000 database professionals took part in this year's State of Database Monitoring survey. Providing insights into how they monitor their estates, the technologies they work with, what their biggest challenges are, and emerging trends for 2020. For the detailed analysis of the responses, download your free copy of the report.
2020-06-09
n SQL cursors serve as a pointer that enables application programming language to deal with query results one row at a time. Read on to explores the concept behind and learn how to declare cursors, open, retrieve data from them, and then close them.
2020-06-09
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