Reading the title, most of you are probably thinking: What does database synchronization have to do with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)? Stick around, because I'll get to...
2016-12-12
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Open any book or article about database development and administration, and I can all but guarantee that you will find...
2016-12-01
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Applies to: xSQL Oracle Data Compare v1.0 - 2.0
As you may have noticed, most of the articles in this blog focus...
2016-11-22
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Applies to: xSQL Oracle Data Compare v1.0 - 2.0
As you may have noticed, most of the articles in this blog focus around scenarios and solutions for databases in Microsoft's...
2016-11-22
CASE 1: you have direct access to both the SQL Server where the source database is and the SQL Server...
2016-11-11
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CASE 1: you have direct access to both the SQL Server where the source database is and the SQL Server where the target database is.
First time deployment
Backup / restore...
2016-11-11
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Applies to: xSQL Schema Compare v7.0.0 – 9.0.2
Before I develop a scenario where xSQL Schema Compare snapshot comparison is necessary let’s...
2016-11-07
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Applies to: xSQL Schema
Compare v7.0.0 – 9.0.2
Before I develop a scenario where
xSQL Schema Compare snapshot comparison is necessary let’s explain what xSQL
Schema snapshots are. An xSQL Schema snapshot is...
2016-11-07
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*Originally published in our old blog on January 2009
I ran into a very simple SQL Server performance related question the...
2016-11-02
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*Originally published in our old blog on January 2009
I ran into a very simple SQL Server performance related question the other day. A puzzled DBA was staring at a...
2016-11-02
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I am responding late to a T-SQL Tuesday invite from John Sterrett. John’s call...
It’s been forgotten about and neglected for few years but I’ve decided to dust...
I am honored to announce that I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How a Legacy Logic Choked...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Navigating Multi Platform Realities in...
I have tried a number of times to export and then import my SSMS...
For the Question of the day, I am going to go deep, but try to be more clear, as I feel like I didn't give enough info last time, leading folks to guess the wrong answer... :) For today's question: You’re troubleshooting a performance issue on a critical stored procedure. You notice that a previously efficient query now performs a full table scan instead of an index seek. Upon investigating, you find that an NVARCHAR parameter is being compared to a VARCHAR column in the WHERE clause. What is the most likely cause of the query plan regression?
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