Deadlock priority
Everyone deals with deadlocks from time to time. But sometimes we need to control who’s the deadlock victim and who...
2017-02-17 (first published: 2017-02-08)
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Blog Posts
Friday Reading 2017-02-17
Is it me or is February dragging? Anyway, mixed in with this crazy week I’ve been reading: –
SQL Server vs...
2017-02-17
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Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI 2017 Top 3 Rankings
This is a different spin on the top three vendor rankings visualized in Power BI. According to the placement of...
2017-02-17
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Missing Checkbox for Security Filter in Power BI Desktop
Just a quick blog post so that other people don’t waste 15 minutes of their life looking for a missing...
2017-02-17 (first published: 2017-02-09)
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The Costs of Hiring Cheaper Consultants
From time to time, I see posts in forums from people complaining about how much some consultants charge. A really...
2017-02-17
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vCenter Server fails to start, Purge and Shrink Vcenter SQL Database
One of my client vCenter Server fails to start as below shown error in event logs.Could not allocate space for...
2017-02-17
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Deadlock on ALTER DATABASE
I had an interesting problem recently. A database was stuck in single user mode. How exactly was it stuck you...
2017-02-16
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Dynamically Changing Shapes in Power BI – Alternatives
NOTE: the DAX presented in this blog post is written in my locale (nl-BE). This means that semicolons are used...
2017-02-16 (first published: 2017-02-08)
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Getting Started with PowerBI: Building Graphs (Part 3)
This is part 3 of the Getting Started with Power BI series. Power BI is a powerful reporting and dashboarding...
2017-02-16
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Resolution of Database Consistency Error in SQL Server
There are so many facilities and amenities in SQL Server along with built-in methods, which assist users in some bad...
2017-02-16
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Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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