Azure SQL – Saving Costs
When moving to a cloud model for your database stack no doubt you will be involved in a costing exercise. The good news is if you have Software Assurance...
2021-04-01
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Easy SSIS Package Compare
I’ve been asking for a way to compare SSIS packages for a long time, and finally Redgate has released an early access version. Years ago we had an internal version, but the visual comparison format was a problem. Really, we couldn’t decide how to actually compare packages on screen in a way that makes sense for users.
2021-04-01
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Serverless Azure SQL DB can show incorrect data space usage in the Portal
A quick PSA on the behaviour of Serverless Azure SQL DB space reporting in the Azure Portal. I recently had to shrink a large Azure SQL DB for cost...
2021-03-31
39 reads
SQL Agent Jobs – When Success is Failure
Have you ever run across an issue that made you take a step back and scratch your head? Recently, I had this exact situation hit my Inbox. One of...
2021-03-31
450 reads
Zeroing out a transaction log file does not use zeroes
I’ve been doing SQLskills training recently, and Paul Randal (blog | Twitter) reminded our class that zeroing out a transaction log file does not use zeroes (0x00). Well, not...
2021-03-31
47 reads
Daily Coping 31 Mar 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-03-31
15 reads
Generate a Random Number for Each Row in a Query {a better way}
A couple of years ago I wrote a post on how to generate a random number in SQL Server. https://sqlundercover.com/2017/06/22/generating-random-numbers-for-each-row-over-a-specified-range-and-other-funky-stuff-you-can-do-with-them/ It’s ok and it works, it’s also a method...
2021-03-31
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WordPress.com Design Update for a More Intuitive Experience
As technology products grow, it’s important to evolve. We’ve updated WordPress.com’s interface to make it more coherent and logical, allowing everyone to use it more intuitively.
2021-03-30
17 reads
Daily Coping 30 Mar 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-03-30
70 reads
Basic Fetch and Offset Experiments–#SQLNewBlogger
I’ve never used the FETCH or OFFSET commands for pagination, but I have heard of them. I ran across them recently and decided to experiment a bit. One note:...
2021-03-29
333 reads
Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
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