With ambitious expansion plans, PointsBet needed an expansive overview of its server estate, whether on Azure or on-premises, anywhere around the world. Find out how SQL Monitor rose to the challenge.
2022-04-20
Explaining some of the 'gotchas' that can trip up the unwary Flyway user, and how to avoid them. One or two of these you'll encounter quickly, such as the case-sensitivity of parameters and arguments. Others, such as potential problems with undo scripts or running scripted callbacks, only when you are tackling more complex development processes.
2022-04-15
In case you missed it! Before you get very far with database development you need to be clear about your strategy for handling data. In this article I'll explain some of these issues in general terms, and then demonstrate how you can navigate these problems easily with Flyway.
2022-04-13
We'll step through the process of using Flyway Teams to support database branching and merging, where the team split the development effort into isolated, task-based branches, and each branch has its own development database.
2022-04-11
Pinal Dave from SQL Authority has used – and been a fan of – SQL Monitor since it launched in 2008 (fun fact: it was named SQL Response back then!) There are, however, a few newer features that Pinal isn’t too familiar with, and we were delighted to introduce those to him in this short video.
2022-04-06
Roseanna Whitelegg explores new SQL Prompt functionality that has been added to SQL Toolbelt and SQL Toolbelt Essentials to help teams increase their productivity, improve code quality, and make collaboration easier.
2022-04-01
Time is running out to submit your abstract for our hybrid PASS Data Community Summit 2022 conference! If you're an expert in a data-related topic that you think would be perfect for the Summit 2022 program, we want to hear from you. Whether you're planning to attend in-person or online, all session submissions and speakers will be considered for this year's event. Don't miss your chance to speak at the leading conference for data platform pros, submit your proposal before March 31.
2022-03-30
Matt Gordan is next in the hot seat. We discuss how Matt keeps the lights on while overseeing many data related projects and how his team know the more they are plugged into projects, the better support the can offer.
2022-03-25
You spoke 📣 we listened 👂
We are dedicated to listening to what our customers want and need and implementing feedback accordingly. Learn about how SQL Monitor has evolved, and the key features we've added, since 2018.
2022-03-21
In this article, Phil Factor explains how to apply SQL formatting styles as part of an automated process, using the SQL Prompt command line formatter, with examples of bulk applying styles from the command prompt, PowerShell or a DOS batch.
2022-03-18
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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