Podcast with SQL Data Partners on Patching Best Practices
Recently, I joined Carlos L Chacon (site|@CarlosLChacon), Steve Stedman (blog|@SqlEmt), and the rest of the SQL Data Partners Podcast team...
2017-10-23
447 reads
Robert Davis
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Webcast: Troubleshooting SQL Server Connection Issues
I will be doing a live webcast on Thursday, November 9th 2017 at 3 PM Eastern Time (8 PM UTC...
2017-10-23
443 reads
Checklist: DR Plan Sanity Check
If a disaster struck tomorrow, are you ready for it? Are you sure you thought of everything? I cannot count...
2017-09-04
497 reads
31 Days of Disaster Recovery Revisited
A few years ago, I did a blog post series dedicated to disaster recovery (backups, restores, corruption, etc). 31 blog...
2017-08-18
470 reads
Patching SQL Server and SSMS? Order matters.
If you’ve been living under a rock, you may not have noticed how frequently SSMS is getting updated. The SQL...
2017-08-14
471 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #93: 3 Jobs I Didn’t Take and 1 I did
It’s T-SQL Tuesday again, and this month’s host is Kendra Little (blog|@), and the excellent topic selected by Kendra is...
2017-08-08
582 reads
Real-life SQL Server Performance Troubleshooting at SQLSaturday Columbus
Join me Friday, July 21, 2017 for a day of Real-life SQL Server Performance Troubleshooting as part of SQLSaturday Columbus...
2017-06-26
708 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #90: The Death of the DBA in a DevOps World Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
It’s time for another iteration of the blog party known as T-SQL Tuesday. This month’s theme is Shipping Database Changes...
2017-05-09
778 reads
Why Log Shipping is Better than Database Mirroring for Migrations
This topic has come up several times recently, so I feel the need to blog on it. As the person...
2017-05-05
1,128 reads
24 Hours of PASS: Security: Session Files
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation for the 24 Hours of PASS event on May 3rd. This iteration of...
2017-05-04
720 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