Update multiple servers in a single bound
Learn how you can update multiple servers in a single bound with this technique from Kimberly Killian.
SQL in the City - LA
Come to SQL in the City, Friday Oct 28, in Los Angeles and meet Grant Fritchey, Brad McGehee and Steve Jones among others. A day of free training for SQL Server professionals.
SQL# (SQLsharp): A Review
Only the brave, and foolhardy, write production CLR routines if you can get the functionality already-written and tested. Whether you’re a DBA or developer, there are plenty of times when a CLR routine will save a lot of time, and occasionally provide new functionality.
Stairway to T-SQL DML Level 2: History of Structured Query Language (SQL)
Let’s step back in time and discuss the history of Structured Query Language, or what most SQL Server professionals just shorten to SQL. Fasten your seatbelts, crank up the time machine and travel back in time to follow the history of SQL and Microsoft SQL Server from its early years to where they are today.
Which Versions of SQL Server Do You Have?
This week Steve Jones asks about the versions of SQL Server that you have to support in your daily job. Answer this week's poll and let us know the width and breadth of support that you are responsible for maintaining.
Diagnosing and Resolving Spinlock Contention on SQL Server
This paper describes how to identify and resolve spinlock contention issues observed when running SQL Server 2008 applications on high concurrency systems with certain workloads.
Extract multiple files with a MultiFlatFileConnection data flow task
A data flow task generated by the SSIS Import and Export Wizard can be configured to extract data from multiple files by changing the default connection manager to a MultiFlatFileConnection.
Not Only SQL
Steve Jones talks NoSQL today, which should stand for Not Only SQL, according to Dr David DeWitt. The final keynote last week discussed SQL alternatives and their impact on our data world.
Raw Materials - Og, Sumerian DBA
A tale from the days when civilization was young and everything was harder than it is now.
Auditing DDL Changes in SQL Server databases
Even where Source Control isn't being used by developers, it is still possible to automate the process of tracking the changes being made to a database and put those into Source Control, in order to track what changed and when. You can even get an email alert when it happens. With suitable scripting, you can even do it if you don't have direct access to the live database. Grant shows how easy this is with SQL Compare.
Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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