SQL Server 2008 Security Best Practices
If you are working as a DBA for a financial organisation where sensitive financial data is stored in your databases...
2012-06-01
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Blog Posts
The SQL in the City US Tour
If you haven’t heard yet, Red Gate Software is sponsoring a six city tour of the United States of its...
2012-06-01 (first published: 2012-05-29)
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The Standing Desk – Week 1
I finally got my standing desk working last weekend and started on Tuesday (after Memorial Day) working at it on...
2012-06-01
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A new neat feature in SQL Server 2012 is THROW
In SQL Server 2005 we got the TRY…CATCH construct which was a big help for developers to effectively handle errors...
2012-05-31
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After August, I'm Done Traveling for the Year
I mentioned in a post over at my Goal Keeping DBA blog that I was not planning to attend the...
2012-05-31
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Building a SQL Server Inventory – Part 1
Ok folks, you asked for it. Well, a few of you did, anyway. So today I’m going to share with...
2012-05-31 (first published: 2012-05-29)
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Building a SQL Server Inventory – Part 2
Last time I went through my script to gather server information for my inventory. Today I’m going to go through...
2012-05-31
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Cross Database Views and Schema Binding
One of the most interesting things I've found as a DBA is learning about features in other RDBMS platforms. Sure...
2012-05-31
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DBCC CHECKDB
Quite often when I see a new SQL Server setup, a CHECKDB has never been run on the databases. It’s...
2012-05-31 (first published: 2012-05-29)
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Denali – Day 31: Discontinue and Breaking/Behavior change features
Denali – Day 31: Discontinue and Breaking/Behavior change features Discontinue Features: As discussed about Deprecated will going to discontinue with that...
2012-05-31
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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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