The Business Critical tier of Azure SQL Managed Instance offers the read-scale out feature enabling you to distribute read-only workloads such as reporting and analytics across built-in replicated secondary...
2025-07-15
91 reads
Cloud computing is essential for modern development, data storage, and scalable applications. Setting up your first cloud environment is a valuable skill, and you can begin without spending any...
2025-07-15
25 reads
The PASS Summit goes on tour this year, with the final date the first few days of October in the Netherlands, Utrect to be exact. This is the first...
2025-07-15
36 reads
I recently had to copy an Azure SQL database (SQL db) from one subscription to an Azure SQL Server instance ... Continue reading
2025-07-14
191 reads
What is Artificial Intelligence? Understanding Predictive vs. Generative AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how we live, work, and interact with technology. From personalized recommendations to AI-generated art, the...
2025-07-14 (first published: 2025-06-23)
383 reads
The internet relies on IP (Internet Protocol) addresses to identify devices and route traffic. Two versions of IP exist today: IPv4 and IPv6. While IPv6 was introduced to overcome...
2025-07-14
24 reads
During a demo of Redgate Monitor Enterprise to a customer, they asked about how to search for permission changes. This post examines how you can do that in Redgate...
2025-07-14 (first published: 2025-06-23)
273 reads
AI is no longer a niche capability – it is a leadership catalyst. As Microsoft continues to push boundaries with tools like Azure and Fabric, the demands on today’s...
2025-07-14
14 reads
A friend was asking for help with some data analysis. This was in PowerBI, and the source data was PII. I asked them to mask the data for me...
2025-07-14
28 reads
I am responding late to a T-SQL Tuesday invite from John Sterrett. John’s call is about various ways to grow young data community/speakers. I’m going to take a brief...
2025-07-13
7 reads
By John
Failing to plan is planning to fail. When organizations first begin implementing Azure networking,...
By Steve Jones
As I use containers more and more to run various things, I decided I...
By Kevin3NF
Old Reliable Still Matters If you’ve been around SQL Server for a while, you’ve...
I maintain an application written years ago, where the database is on a Windows...
I’m working on a jewelry e-commerce project and need advice on designing an efficient...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Duplicate Cursor
Can I run this code:
DECLARE ANewTable CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM ANewTableSee possible answers