SQL Clone
Today is the launch of SQL Clone, a great new tool that helps you quickly and easily provision SQL Server...
2017-03-06 (first published: 2017-02-27)
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Monday Coffee 2017-02-27
Ergh, not a fun weekend rugby wise. But anyway…
Last week Microsoft released an image for SQL Server 2016 SP1 Developer...
2017-02-27
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Installing Windows Server 2016 Nano on a Physical Server
Hey guys! So here's my adventure in deploying Windows Server 2016 Nano on a physical server. It was a hard...
2017-02-27
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Red Gate SQL Clone (#1) - Initial Setup
Note this was during earlier beta usage, so some of the UI and other features will have been updated more....
2017-02-27
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Columnstore Indexes – part 99 (“Merge”)
Continuation from the previous 98 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blog post is focused on the...
2017-02-26
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I Don’t Understand
I suspect this may make a few people angry, but I felt the need to share.
I was recently asked to...
2017-03-03 (first published: 2017-02-24)
3,365 reads
Is Your Database App Ready for the Cloud?
The cloud has evolved. Just a few years ago, cloud-based applications were the exception rather than the rule, and on-premises...
2017-03-03 (first published: 2017-02-24)
2,209 reads
How many Backups is Too Many?
Does this title seem strange? Of course we know this is the true answer:
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But here is a story of a...
2017-03-02 (first published: 2017-02-24)
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Friday Reading 2017-02-24
Wow that week absolutely flew by! Here’s what I’ve been reading…
Seatbelt learning with Uncle Buck
Buck Woody goes through how he...
2017-02-24
335 reads
Upgrading SQL Server on Linux
I saw this week that there was a new CTP (v1.3) of SQL Server v.Next. I haven’t had a lot...
2017-03-01 (first published: 2017-02-23)
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Blogs
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
A Daily Report from Claude
By Steve Jones
Redgate had some Claude training recently, which I went through as my knowledge has...
Forums
Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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