Acids and Databases: A look at ACID and transactions
Relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL use transactions to allow concurrent users to...
2017-07-26
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Born SQL with Randolph West
What is a good Disaster Recovery Plan?
During a Q&A session I hosted at our local Calgary SQL Server User Group last month, one of the attendees...
2017-07-19
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Be Wary of Date Formatting in T-SQL
Today’s public service announcement is a reminder to be wary of date formatting in SQL Server. On a recent mailing...
2017-07-12
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Balanced Power Saving T-SQL script
We can easily spend tens of thousands of dollars on core licences for SQL Server, and then we go and...
2017-07-05
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Where To From Fundamentals?
The Database Fundamentals series is now done. We started with understanding what a database is, and then spent a little...
2017-06-28
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Why You Need A Test Environment
In 2017, there’s no excuse not to have at least a testing environment, and preferably a development environment as well,...
2017-06-21
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How to write a DELETE query
My First DELETE Statement Here are the links to the previous posts in this series: My First SELECT Statement My...
2017-06-14
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How to write an UPDATE query
My First UPDATE Statement Last week we covered how to put information into a table using an INSERT statement. This...
2017-06-07
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How to write an INSERT query
My First INSERT Statement Last week we covered how to get information out of a table, using a SELECT query....
2017-05-31
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How to write a SELECT query
My First SELECT Statement Microsoft SQL Server makes it really easy for us to query tables. In SQL Server Management...
2017-05-24
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Helps with Commit Messages
By Steve Jones
At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better...
Startup scripts in SQL Server containers
I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025...
Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with...
Forums
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: Fuzzy String Search II
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Azure-SSIS, Self-Hosted Integration Runtime, & Data Gateway?
Looking to confirm my understanding of these three products and how they can be...
Question of the Day
What is Page Density
In SQL Server, there is a concept of page density. This is determined by how much data is stored on each page. What is a page density of 90%?
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