SQL Server 2012 FileTable – Part 1
In a series of blog posts we will have a look at the new SQL Server 2012 table type called...
2012-01-06 (first published: 2012-01-03)
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Danish Developer Conference – DDC 2012
I am proud to announce that we at Geniiius will be speaking at DDC 2012. DDC 2012 is a one...
2011-12-29
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SQL Server 2012 – new conversion functions
With SQL Server 2012 comes a new set of conversion functions, that will certainly help doing type casts and conversions...
2011-12-20
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SQL server 2012 Startup parameters
I’m sure that I’m not the only one with nightmares about the startup parameters in older versions of SQL Server...
2011-12-06
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CONCAT() – SQL Server 2012
With SQL Server 2012 a new string function is born – CONCAT(). The output is a string, as the result of...
2011-11-29
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SQL Server trace flags
Normally I’m not a big fan of using traceflags, my advice is only to use these when it is absolutely...
2011-11-22
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SQL Server ® 2012 Release Candidate (RC0)
Finally it is here, the SQL Server 2012 RC0 is ready for download, click this link and you’ll be downloading...
2011-11-18
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SQL Server 2012 licensing
Microsoft has recently released the licensing overview for SQL Server 2012. A few things has changes from SQL Server 2008,...
2011-11-14
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How much space are you wasting?
A few weeks back a client of mine asked me to write a script that could tell him the space...
2011-11-08
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Backup/restore/checkdb/shrinkfile progress
Have you ever wonderet how long you need to wait for a backup or restore command to complete? If you...
2011-11-01
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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,...
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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