A DBA's Look at the Data Catalog
A data catalog is a way of classifying and adding metadata about the information in your database for compliance purposes. Take a look at how one DBA is using Redgate's Data Catalog.
2019-07-11
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Redgate Software
Creating an Automated Database Update\Upgrade Script with RedGate SQL Compare Command-Line and Powershell
A script to drive SQL Compare for building upgrade scripts.
2019-07-11 (first published: 2019-06-26)
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Whitepaper: Database deployments: Choosing a state-based or migrations-based approach
This whitepaper explores the differences between the approaches, state based or migrations based, and how Redgate tools can help.
2018-04-05 (first published: 2016-03-24)
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ReadyRoll is a Fully Fledged Redgate Tool
In June last year we got in touch to let you know that Redgate acquired ReadyRoll. Over the last few months, ReadyRoll went from a one-man project to having a team of developers, testers, and support engineers behind it. Dan Nolan, the founder of ReadyRoll, is now a product manager at Redgate. And next week it’s time for ReadyRoll to become a fully-fledged Redgate tool available from www.red-gate.com.
2016-03-03
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Press Release: Redgate brings expert SQL Server training to London and Seattle
Cambridge, UK, 2 July 2015 – Redgate, the SQL Server and .NET software company, returns to London and Seattle in October with its enormously popular training event, SQL in the City.
2015-07-03
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Automating Red Gate SQL Compare with MSSQL Server Agent
How to compare two databases and email the results to every one who needs to know
2014-10-29
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New SQL Monitor Custom Metric: Failed SQL Server logins
This metric returns the number of ‘login failed’ error messages found in the SQL Server error log file in the last hour.
2013-08-02
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Red Gate Software Brings Free SQL Server Training Back to US Due to Popular Demand
Red Gate Software is bringing SQL in the City, the popular free training event, back to the US in three new cities. This October, the events will take place in Pasadena, Atlanta and Charlotte.
2013-05-28 (first published: 2013-05-24)
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2013-05-13
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Job overran Custom Metric
This SQL Monitor custom metric tells you if a specific SQL Server Agent job that runs at the same time every day has overrun. The metric is useful when a job can have negative effects on other processes if it overruns.
2013-05-10
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Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
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If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers