Central Subscriber Model Explained
The majority of SQL Server Replication topologies are based on the Central Publisher model, which is comprised of a single...
2013-01-28
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Chad Churchwell: Protect Your Replication Environment with AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Heads up everyone. Next Tuesday January 22nd, 2013 Chad Churchwell (blog | twitter) will be presenting a webinar on behalf of...
2013-01-16
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Auditing changes in Merge Replication
One trick I have learned from the folks on the Replication Support Team is how to proactively audit data changes...
2012-10-17 (first published: 2012-10-10)
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Implementing a replication agent progess bar
Using Replication Management Objects, SQL Server subscriptions can be synchronized programmatically without using SQL Server Agent or SQL Server Management...
2012-05-06
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PASS DBA Virtual Chapter: Replication with Hilary Cotter
I’m pleased to announce that this Wednesday April 11th 2012 Hilary Cotter will be presenting for the PASS DBA Virtual...
2012-04-10
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Synchronizing subscriptions in SQL Server Express
I was recently asked about synchronizing a Merge pull subscription in SQL Server Express using RMO, the lack of a...
2012-03-13 (first published: 2012-03-12)
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Executing scripts with sp_addscriptexec
Looking for ways to do things more quickly and efficiently, I thought I would talk a little bit about sp_addscriptexec...
2012-02-10
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Arithmetic Overflow in sp_MSarticle_validation
This is probably a rare occurrence — but I've noticed that data validation for an article with 10 billion or more...
2012-02-07
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Creating merge replication conflict alerts
One of the challenges in working with Merge Replication is handling conflicts since writes can occur at any node in...
2012-01-28
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How to set the default replication agent profile
Over the last couple of years I've come to the conclusion that the default replication agent profiles just don't cut...
2012-01-25 (first published: 2012-01-22)
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Blogs
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
Forums
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers