Putting a Database into Single User Mode
I was recently discussing with a group of budding DBA’s how you go about performing a restore of database. They...
2011-08-08
1,346 reads
Gethyn Ellis
Audit SQL Logins
Written by David Postlethwaite There are several ways that you can audit who has logged in to your SQL Server. The...
2011-08-05
4,743 reads
Updating Views
Written by Ian Treasure
Gethyn recently posted on deleting from a view. He used a common situation where several tables are...
2011-08-03
10,127 reads
We Have Another New Contributor…
I’d like to introduce you all to my friend Ian Treasure who has kindly volunteered to write some posts and...
2011-08-01
610 reads
Calling SCOM in C#
Written by David Postlethwaite
I’m sure there are many out there using System Centre Operations Manager (or SCOM for short)...
2011-07-29
3,953 reads
Searching for Wild Card Characters
I got asked an interesting question recently, I was demonstrating how you can use wild cards in a WHERE clauses...
2011-07-27
769 reads
IT Professionals, the Job Search and the Killer CV
It has been while since I wrote anything on my contracting blog but over the past month or so I...
2011-07-25
1,206 reads
SSRS: Dynamic Data Sources
I have been building dashboard using Reporting Services (SSRS) for a client of mine. The dashboard is going to be...
2011-07-22
7,959 reads
DOS Batch File Date and Time
Written by David POstlethwaite
A non SQL blog for a change
Ever needed to create a batch file that wrote a time...
2011-07-20
1,368 reads
Execute Permissions
Written by David Postlethwaite
Security of the SQL database is becoming more and more important these days yet I’m finding that...
2011-07-18
13,879 reads
Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
Forums
The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Microsoft SQL Year in...
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL in SQL Server 2025:...
Your Value from a Conference
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Your Value from a Conference
Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
See possible answers