Phil Factor explains how to use SQL Prompt, or SQL Change Automation, to detect use of deprecated SQL Server syntax, during development, and Dynamic Management Views and Extended Events to track its use on working databases.
2020-07-31
Learn about Azure Blueprints, available in the Azure portal, which is a new method of deploying Azure Resources through ARM templates.
2020-07-30
There is no single, correct approach to developing and testing your SQL batches and routines. It depends on the requirement. For simple tasks, like modifying and testing a view or stored procedure, SQL Compare and SQL Data Generator, combined, provide a useful, lightweight development harness.
2020-07-29
You’ve heard that shrinking a database is bad because it introduces both external and internal fragmentation, it causes blocking, it causes transaction log growth while it runs, and it’s slow and single-threaded. You understand that if it’s just a matter of 10-20-30% of a database, and the database is only 100-200GB, you might as well just leave the space there, because you’re gonna end up using it anyway.
2020-07-29
Phil Factor dissects and disentangles the various SQL Compare options.
2020-07-28
In this article we look at different T-SQL code examples that can help you build a range of date rows based on a starting and ending date.
2020-07-28
In this article we cover many different questions about the SQL Server TempDB database to give a better understanding of what is and what it is used for.
2020-07-27
In this part of the series we look at how to use the PowerShell monitoring scripts to collect backup information from your monitored instances.
2020-07-24
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.
2020-07-23
In this article we look at how to automate a SQL Server database restore using a PowerShell script.
2020-07-22
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