SSRS Install, Setup and Configuration
In this article we cover all of the steps required to install, setup and configure SQL Server Reporting Services.
2020-12-31
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Feature branches and pull requests with Git to manage conflicts
Feature branching and pull requests are two important concepts when using Git. In this article, Kendra Little explains these patterns and even provides a video to demonstrate.
2020-12-30
Join the Redgate Tool Tips Swap
Learn and share tool tips with your peers. Redgate has launched their Tool Tips Swap to help everyone make the most of their Redgate products. To get involved, simply share your top Redgate tool tip for boosting productivity. All tips will be collated into a blog post and shared with the community. Plus, you’ll get the chance to win a 3-month subscription to Pluralsight.
2020-12-30 (first published: 2020-12-17)
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial
In this tutorial we will cover common questions related to the SQL Server msdb database. This is one of the standard system databases that are part of every SQL Server installation. This tutorial will give you a better idea of what the msdb database...
2020-12-29
Monitoring Amazon RDS SQL Servers to Optimize Performance and Manage Costs
Israel Valverde explains the triple benefits of extending SQL Monitor to cover your SQL Server instances running on Amazon RDS, in terms of SQL Server performance optimization, controlling AWS-hosting costs, and in having a single, unified view of the health of all your SQL Servers, regardless of where they are hosted.
2020-12-28
SQL Server REPLACE
In this article we look at the SQL Server REPLACE function and show several examples of how this can be used to replace text values in strings.
2020-12-28
Stored Procedure in SQL Server with R Code
In this article we will explore how to create custom stored procedures using R which is basically an R function that can be called from a SQL Server stored procedure.
2020-12-25
Deep Learning with GPU Acceleration
Deep Learning theories have been around for many decades, but solutions have not always been practical due to hardware constraints. In this article, Shree Das explains how GPU Acceleration can help organisations take advantage of Deep Learning to speed up training of neural networks.
2020-12-24
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Database Build Blockers: Four-part Object References
Cross-server references keep cropping up as a problem for development and build. Phil Factor demonstrates how using linked server 'aliases' can get around these issues, even if the individual databases use four-part references within the code rather than synonyms.
2020-12-24
Execute SSIS Package with SQLCMD and Parameters
In this article we walk through the steps of how to run an SSIS package using SQLCMD along with passing parameters to the SSIS package.
2020-12-23
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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