Cluster failover – what’s the best way to get notified?
G’day,
I look after several clustered instances of SQL SERVER. One of the tasks that I do every morning is to check...
2011-03-27
2,831 reads
Marty
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So you’re RAIDed, but are you protected?
G’day,
Occasionally, I hear things that surprise me. And one of the statements that I’ve heard lately that fits into that category is...
2011-03-24
389 reads
Primary Keys – why accept the defaults.
G’day,
When I design a table in SQL SERVER, I like to have a reasonable understanding of how the table will...
2011-03-22
3,044 reads
Primary Keys – why accept the defaults.
G’day,
When I design a table in SQL SERVER, I like to have a reasonable understanding of how the table will...
2011-03-19
1,750 reads
Disaster Recovery Exposure - Part Two
In part one, I gave a general overview of some of the things that may affect IT services in the...
2011-03-15
531 reads
Disaster Recovery Exposure. - Part One
G'day,
I've just readPaul Randal's sqlmag article about the need to test your disaster recovery strategy. In that article Paul mentions...
2011-03-15
1,154 reads
In summary - SQLskills internals.
Well, I attended a full week of SQL internals from Paul Randal [Blog | Twitter] and Kimberley L. Tripp [Blog | Twitter]...
2011-03-06
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What...you mean I won...and Thank You.
Well, what a week it’s been. I started my winning blog post for the SQLskills blogging competition by stating that...
2011-01-30
2,097 reads
Internals and Performance class in Dallas
At last, my blog is starting to pay real dividends. Not only do I get the opportunity to publish my...
2011-01-28
2,054 reads
Internals and Performance class in Dallas
At last, my blog is starting to pay real dividends. Not only do I get the opportunity to publish my...
2011-01-23
4,020 reads
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