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
In some shops, testing is entirely in the realm of quality analysts. In this article, Julio Sampaio argues that testing should be automated and start with the developers.
2020-06-08
We’re pleased to announce that the SQL Prompt extension for Azure Data Studio is now available to download for free. With SQL Prompt in Azure Data Studio, you can use an extensive collection of code snippets to write your SQL code quickly and efficiently. You can also keep your code consistent using the powerful formatting capability, and customize the applied style to suit your preferences.
2020-06-08
Josh Crang explains why SQL Monitor will be switched to run on .NET Core, and how the team tested the potential performance improvements in the monitoring service.
2020-06-05
In this article of the series, Robert Sheldon discuses emerging trends in storage like virtual SANs, intelligent storage, computational storage and storage-class memory.
2020-06-05
Help Redgate to build the next generation of Database DevOps solutions so that we can help you to deliver the next generation of your software. To get involved please complete our short 2-page survey on current development practices.
2020-06-04
I’ve been working on my streaming setup for months now, and I’m just trying to save you some time if you really wanna take the streaming thing seriously.
2020-06-04
We’re excited to introduce a brand-new capability of the Deployment Suite for Oracle: Redgate Change Automation is a command line tool with built-in safety checks that lets you safely automate your Oracle database deployment. With four commands that help you build, test, prepare, and perform Oracle database releases, Redgate Change Automation can be used as part of a CI/CD pipeline.
2020-06-03
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
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