The ‘In Recovery’ Mystery
Last week I received an email from one of our sysadmins asking why one of our databases kept showing as...
2016-03-31 (first published: 2016-03-22)
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The Database Avenger
SSRS 2016 – Part 3 Mobile Reports
This is the final post of 3 on SSRS 2016. This time I’m looking at the new SSRS 2016 mobile reports.
Post 1 covered...
2016-03-14
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No Joke, SQL Server on Linux
Yesterday Microsoft made the earth shattering news that a version of SQL Server with the “core relational database capabilities” will be...
2016-03-08
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SWITCHing IDENTITY in the Pub
I was recently talking to a friend in our local pub about a problem he had with tables not using IDENTITY...
2016-03-01
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DBCC Just Runs Faster, Unless You’re Cheap
The CSS SQL Server Engineers have released a post showing that consistency checks using DBCC CHECKDB is faster and scales...
2016-02-25
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SSRS 2016 – Part 2 New Features for Paginated Reports
This second post of 3 on SSRS 2016 looks at the new features for the SSRS portal and the paginated reports using the...
2016-02-22
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Importing Open Data Sets in SQL Server
Whilst working on an upcoming post I realised that I needed a decent data set on which to test some...
2016-02-15
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SQL Server Reporting Services 2016 – Part 1
This first post of 3 takes a quick peek at SSRS 2016 using the Community Technical Preview (CTP) 3.2. I...
2016-02-03
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SQL Server Management Studio Setup and Configuration
This is my first #entrylevel blog post. The challenge identified by the tags #entrylevel and #Iwanttoshare was started by Tim...
2016-01-28
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Installing SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview
This post is designed to explain the installation steps of some of the new features in 2016 and just how...
2016-01-20
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Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Forums
SQL Server audit with windows ad group
I am trying to create a filter on a SQL Server audit to capture...
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale Level 6: Backup and Restore Internals
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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