Memory-Optimized TempDB Metadata in SQL Server 2019
In this article we look at a new feature in SQL Server 2019 that can help improve TempDB performance.
2019-12-19
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Redgate acknowledged as a Representative Vendor in Gartner’s 2019 Market Guide for Data Masking
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2019-12-19
A Beginner’s Guide to SQL String Functions
Get an introduction to many of the many ways you can manipulate and interact with strings using SQL. Read on for more!
2019-12-18
Take the 2020 State of Database DevOps Survey – win a new iPad
Redgate’s 2020 State of Database DevOps Survey is open now. Share your views on Database DevOps today for a chance to win a new 65GB iPad Air. Plus, for every entry, Redgate will donate $1 to UNICEF. Take the survey now.
2019-12-18 (first published: 2019-11-12)
Test data provisioning for development – free whitepaper
Compare the most common approaches to provisioning test data to database development teams and see how they stack up.
Learn why traditional approaches like restore from backup are no longer suitable, and how successful organizations are implementing a combined data masking and data virtualization approach.
2019-12-17
Update only Year, Month or Day in a SQL Server Date
In this tip we look at how to change specific parts of a date such as the Year, Month or Day for data stored in a SQL Server table.
2019-12-17
A Toolbox Every DBA Should Have
As a DBA it is important to have a toolbox that supports the work you do. You need to have a toolbox that allows you to work smarter instead of harder. Read on to learn about some key tools every DBA should have in their toolbox!
2019-12-16
Controlling how SQL Prompt Formats your Code: The Knobs and Dials
Phil Factor explores and discusses the current state of the art in SQL Formatting, as done automatically by SQL Prompt.
2019-12-16
Azure Text Analytics and Power BI
In this tip we look at how to analyze textual data to gain insight from freeform text using Azure Text Analytics and Power BI.
2019-12-13
Deploying Data and Schema Together with SQL Compare or SQL Change Automation
You want to use SQL Compare or SQL Change Automation (SCA) to create or update a database, and at the same time ensure that its data is as you expect. You want to avoid running any additional PowerShell scripting every time you do it, and you want to keep everything in source control, including the data. You just want to keep everything simple. Phil Factor demonstrates how it's done, by generating MERGE scripts from a stored procedure.
2019-12-13
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Getting the Object Code
What happens when I run this on SQL Server 2022 in the AdventureWorks2022 database?
SELECT OBJECT_DEFINITION (OBJECT_ID(N'dbo.uspGetBillofMaterials')) AS [Object Definition]; GOSee possible answers