Data Warehousing Explained
Why Warehouse
Data warehousing is the act of transforming application database into a format more suited for reporting and offloading it...
2017-05-14
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Gavin Draper
Using The SQL Server Merge Statement
Note : Since publishing this I’ve been notified that there are a number of outstanding issues with the SQL Server merge...
2017-05-08
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SQL Server Dynamic Pivot
Often when trying to pivot data you wont know what the possible values that you need to pivot on, in...
2017-05-07
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Using JSON In SQL Server 2016
The new JSON bits in SQL Server 2016 give you the ability to pull stuff out of JSON and to...
2017-05-06
93 reads
C#7 Show Me The New Stuff!
I’m going to walk through an example that we can build up and improve with a number of the new...
2017-05-05
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SQL Server Pivot and Unpivot Explained
The Pivot and Unpivot features in SQL Server are I find quite underused. For a long time I got by...
2017-05-04
52 reads
Why CROSS APPLY is AWESOME
CROSS APPLY was introducted as part of TSQL in SQL Server 2005. Origionally it was created as a way to...
2017-05-03
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Switch Your Site To HTTPS Using CloudFlare
SSL All the Things
Browsers are starting to highlight sites without SSL as insecure in a bid to push everyone to...
2017-04-26
132 reads
SQL 2016 Temporal Tables By Example
Brief Description
Temporal tables allow automated change tracking of a table directly in to a history table which can be queried...
2016-04-15
77 reads
.Net CLI Cross Platform Awesomeness
.Net CLI is the new tooling that sits in front of .Net Core, allowing you to create and run projects...
2016-02-07
40 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,...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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