Database in Source Control
Many years ago, I was working with a great DBA. Seriously, a very smart and capable guy. He told me,...
2014-01-15
1,193 reads
Grant Fritchey
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Sausage Making
For those who don’t know, I work for Red Gate Software. I’m not a developer, but I work directly for...
2014-01-15 (first published: 2014-01-08)
2,042 reads
Speaker of the Month, January 2014
A whole new year. Cool.
I was at SQL Saturday DC, #233, at the beginning of December. I sat through several...
2014-01-03
744 reads
Set Up And Schedule a Server Side Trace
How to use Profiler to generate TSQL scripts that can be modified and automated to run as a server-side trace
2013-12-31 (first published: 2010-12-02)
13,570 reads
Tribal Awards: Vote Now!
The #tribalawards voting is now online. Get over there and get it done.
I honestly don’t care who you vote for...
2013-12-23 (first published: 2013-12-20)
920 reads
How to Set Up Managed Backups in SQL Server 2014
Earlier this week I introduced the concept of Managed Backups (and caused less of a turmoil than I thought I...
2013-12-19
2,842 reads
Speaking in 2014
I love that I get to travel around and learn from my #sqlfamily. We’re still filling in the majority of...
2013-12-18
671 reads
Introducing Managed Backups in SQL Server 2014
Some of the new functionality of 2014 is straight forward, non-controversial and easily welcomed by the community. Think, updateable column...
2013-12-17
2,347 reads
SQL Server 2014 Backup to URL
I’m absolutely in love with the concept of being able to create a backup directly to a protected, off-site location....
2013-12-11
1,719 reads
Speaker of the Month, December 2013
This will be my fifth speaker of the month post. Do a search to see the others.
I try to find...
2013-12-06
619 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers