Red Gate Dependency Tracker - Making Databases Into Moving Art
data structures are art
If anyone thinks that working with complex data structures is boring... I don't know what world they...
2016-04-27
1,055 reads
Sheldon Hull
Automating SSMS 2016 Updates & Install
Figured I'd share a way to automate the SSMS 2016 updates until it gets it's own fancy self updater. I...
2016-04-26 (first published: 2016-04-19)
2,694 reads
Cool Tools: Powershell ISE-Steroids
Disclaimer: I have been provided with a free license because I am reviewing. This doesn't impact my assessment of the...
2016-04-14
1,192 reads
Failed to Initialize SQL Agent Log... not worthy
Moving system databases in SQL Server takes a bit of practice. I got that again, along with a dose of...
2016-04-01
8,205 reads
Failover all databases to other server
Quick snippet I threw together to help with failing over synchronized databases to the other server in bulk. No way...
2016-03-18
810 reads
Previewing the new SSRS 2016 portal
Ran into an issue with the “Preview New Reporting Portal” link on a fresh install of 2016 giving me a...
2016-03-18
444 reads
Calculating Some Max Mirror Stats
This turned out to be quite a challenge. I couldn’t find anything that made this very clean and straight forward...
2016-03-18
411 reads
SQL 2012 SP3 and entity framework conflict
the problem
An issue with SQL Server 2012 SP3 was identified that impacted EF4/5 due to additional datatypes in the dll....
2016-03-18
7,474 reads
TFS Work-Item Fancy Filtering
If you want to create a TFS query that would identify work items that have changed, but were not changed...
2016-03-18
417 reads
Should I use option(recompile)?
Should I use option(recompile)?
This will probably be a multiple stage discussion. The notes I’m providing today were sparked off of...
2016-02-02
6,738 reads
Blogs
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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A Full Shutdown
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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