Having shown just how useful PowerShell can be for DBAs in executing queries, Michael Sorens now takes us through navigating SQL Server space and finding meta-information - valuable information for anyone looking to be more productive in SQL Server.
Southern California isn't all beach time. SQL Saturday comes to San Diego on Sept 15, 2012. Join fellow SQL Server pros for a day of learning.
Sometimes a procedure returns more than 1 result set. The article describes how to save all result sets into new database tables
Privacy is a big deal in the digital world, but it's also something companies don't handle well. Steve Jones notes that however things change in the future, the data professional will need to pay more attention to issues in this area.
How can I find out which statistics are outdated in my SQL Server database?
Come to Cambridge in the UK for a free day of training on SQL Server. Steve won't be there, but plenty of other Red Gate'ers will be.
As computers get more complex and automated, the chance for rogue algorithms grows. Steve Jones reminds us that we should be careful in how we code and that a little forethought from managers can help.
Not all applications are limited to only retrieving data from a database. Your application might need to insert, update or delete data as well. In this article, I will be discussing various ways to insert data into a table using an INSERT statement.
Having finally got around to upgrading my custom components to SQL Server 2012, I thought I’d share some notes on the process. One of the goals was minimal duplication, so the same code files are used to build the 2008 and 2012 components, I just have a separate project file.
This article discusses failover cluster instances and AlwaysOn groups
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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