Implementing Checkpoints – To restart SQL Server Integration Services packages from the point of failure
An SQL Server Integration Services package often includes tasks that can take a long time to run. If the package...
2014-05-30
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Blog Posts
MDX #41–Remove employees with less than $100,000 sales
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Need to remove employees who have zero sales amountCreate a calculated measure with the IIF() function The NON...
2014-05-30
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Quick Tips–SQL Prompt Qualifying Columns
I love SQL Prompt, and think it’s a great productivity tool. Even before I worked at Red Gate, I love...
2014-05-30 (first published: 2014-05-28)
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SQL #54–Casting numbers with white spaces as Integer will fail
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IsNumeric() funciton is too forgivenUse Pattern Matching with LIKE keywordLIKE keyword in T-SQL doesn’t support regular expressionReplace white...
2014-05-30
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SQL Server 2005/2008/2008R2: HTTP endpoints
You can use an HTTP endpoint to allow access to data over HTTP and Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS) without needing...
2014-05-30
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SQL Server 2014 Management tools
Management tools play a vital role in enterprise database management. This is because the well-integrated tools extend the administrator’s capabilities,...
2014-05-30
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SQL Server: Database Design Basics
In this article, you will learn about database design concepts. The database design concepts discussed in this article focus almost...
2014-05-30
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The Week in Awesome – Plugins, Cars, Food, and France
This week in awesome: Denny Cherry – our own @mrdenny – has created a Password Vault WordPress plugin. That looks seriously cool....
2014-05-30
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Types of Join in SQL Server
You use a join to combine data from different tables into a single result set. Joins most commonly use foreign...
2014-05-30
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Can you partition a temporary table?
Reading that title, you might sit and wonder why you would ever want to partition a temporary table. I too...
2014-05-29 (first published: 2014-05-23)
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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