Connect to SQL Azure database from SSMS
In this article I’ll show you how to connect to SQL Azure database instance and create a simple database. First you have...
2016-10-11
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Si vis pacem, para sql
Changing SQL Server name
This post is about how to rename a stand-alone SQL server instance. There could be some reasons to do that:...
2016-10-02
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Changing SQL Server name
This post is about how to rename a stand-alone SQL server instance. There could be some reasons to do that: You simply forgot to change the name of your...
2016-10-02
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Changing SQL Server name
This post is about how to rename a stand-alone SQL server instance. There could be some reasons to do that: You simply forgot to change the name of your...
2016-10-02
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Changing SQL Server name
This post is about how to rename a stand-alone SQL server instance. There could be some reasons to do that:...
2016-10-02
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Be a good administrator
Administering SQL ServerBelow are the topics every Administrator has to keep up with.Backup / Restore:Understand the backup / restore options SQL Server...
2016-09-19
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Be a good administrator
Below are the topics every Administrator has to keep up with. Backup / Restore: Understand the backup / restore options SQL Server provides for you. Implement those on your...
2016-09-19
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Be a good administrator
Below are the topics every Administrator has to keep up with. Backup / Restore: Understand the backup / restore options SQL Server provides for you. Implement those on your...
2016-09-19
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Be a good administrator
Below are the topics every Administrator has to keep up with.
Backup / Restore:
Understand the backup / restore options SQL Server provides for...
2016-09-19
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Target Recovery Interval and Indirect Checkpoint
Introduction The process that writes the dirty pages from the system memory (RAM) to the disk is called the checkpoint process. Dirty pages consist of the data and log...
2016-07-12
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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...
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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