SQL Server on steroids with RAM disk
I’ve faced pretty common situation recently – you need to work with huge data during development/testing. It’s good if you have...
2011-07-05
2,572 reads
Danny Riebeek
- Interests: SQL Monitoring
- Website: https://www.sqltreeo.com
How to re-create database quickly
I was running some database unit tests and needed to drop completely everyhing in my database. There are really many...
2011-07-04
677 reads
Cleaner T-SQL with Table Value Constructors
Table Value Constructors were introduced in SQL Server 2008 and enables you to (not only) insert more records with one...
2011-06-29
964 reads
Instead Of Trigger and OUTPUT clause headache
It is known that you cannot get inserted identity values using OUTPUT clause when inserting to view which has instead...
2011-06-28
1,796 reads
Red Gate’s SQL Source Control and better SQL objects organization
Red Gate’s SQL Source Control (RGSSC) is very decent solution source control solution for database development. I am personally using...
2011-06-23
3,032 reads
Scripting dependencies of User-defined Table Types
I was using user-defined tables types (UDTT) quite intensively despite of their current disadvantages especially their forced READONLY behavior when...
2011-06-23
3,866 reads
Stored procedures vs. Do-It-At-Application-Layer-At-All-Costs
Many years back when ASP 2.0 (not ASP.NET) was used as primary server language for web application on Microsoft platform,...
2011-06-10
751 reads
Static or “global” variables in T-SQL using CLR UDT
I faced problem that I had many lookup tables like ProductType, ClientType etc. and wanted to refer to their values...
2011-06-05
1,770 reads
What is SSMS Addin
SSMS is abbreviation of SQL Server Management Studio, according to Microsoft description it is “an integrated environment for accessing, configuring,...
2011-06-03
706 reads
SQL Treeo – Create custom folders in SSMS
SQL Treeo is free add-in to SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) which enables user to create own folder structures within...
2011-05-25
961 reads
Blogs
SQL Server 2025 Developer Edition – One size fits all
By John
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025, bringing big improvements to its main database engine....
Monday Monitor Tips: Learning While Using the Tool
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about what certain items in Redgate Monitor mean. They have...
Act on Your Certification Test Results
By Brian Kelley
Pass or fail, act on your certification test results.
Forums
Switch partition: NULL boundary id
I have table: t1 in schema1 with 19 billion records. I have another table...
Minimally Viable Security
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Encoding NULL
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Question of the Day
Encoding NULL
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2025?
SELECT BASE64_ENCODE(NULL)See possible answers