My Little Friend
Today Steve Jones talks about his favorite feature in SSMS 2012 and why everyone should use it.
Red Gate Software’s SQL Monitor 3.0 gives users the power of custom metrics
Red Gate Software has released Version 3.0 of SQL Monitor, a performance monitoring and alerting tool.
SQL Saturday #111 - Atlanta
A free day of SQL Server training in Atlanta, GA on Apr 14, 2012. Sign up today if you will be in the area.
Using Friendly Names for SQL Servers via DNS
Wouldn't it be great if your HR folks only had to put in HR-SQL.mydomain.com for the database connection in their reports? They wouldn't have to remember it was on server Nile and they certainly wouldn't have to change their reports if you migrated their database from the Nile server to the server named Danube. In DNS there are two easy ways to do this.
Bye Bye to the RAISERROR Function?
This article describes the use and advantages of the throw statement.
Too Many Bricks, Too Much Data
Too much data can be as much of a problem as too little. Today Steve Jones talks about some problems that we have in working with lots of data and how we might address the issues. Those that do well, will succeed in the future.
How to Get Information About Your Backups
When you need to restore but aren't 100% sure about the contents of your backup files, what do you do? Head to the headers. Grant Fritchey explains how to find the useful bits in these huge stores of information and make sure you restore the right files.
SQL Saturday #124 - Columbia
Come to a free day of SQL Server training in Bogota, Columbia on Apr 14, 2012.
SQL Saturday #127 - Rio de Janeiro
A free day of training comes to Rio de Janeiro on Apr 14, 2012. Sign up today to learn more about SQL Server.
Replace existing Database? JFDI!
Tony Davis argues that the WITH REPLACE option of the RESTORE DATABASE command is a case where the naming of the option masks its true "JFDI" nature…
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things
By Steve Jones
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
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that one limitation in replication
Hi as shown below a replication target requires a primary key. if we want...
Local Agents
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Detecting Deadlocks
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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