Industrial-strength database documentation using Extended Properties
To finish this short series on extended properties a look at documenting sets of database objects
Change SQL Startup Parameters with PowerShell
Sometimes when we’re trying to track down a problem and looking through SQL’s Logs we have to dig...
SQL Saturday - #74 - Jacksonville
Come attend this free one day training event in Jacksonville, FL on Apr 30, 2011. Meet a number of SQL Server experts and learn about SQL Server at the University of North Florida.
TOP 10 SQL Server Requests That Should Be Automated
What DBA wouldn't want to make their job a little easier?
DBAs on ACID
Any DBA who has been bitten by these subtle data integrity issues, or reports that erratically produce the wrong results, will know how much careful testing is involved in mitigating them.
Real World Foreach Loop Container example
Describes different uses of the SSIS Foreach Loop container in one practical scenario.
The Value of Data
What value can you place on data? It can be hard to determine, especially when so many sites on the Internet want data to be free. However the New York Times is going to a subscription model, with the idea that there is some value to their data and people will pay for it.
TSQL Challenge 53 - Finding empty and non-empty intervals
A SQL Server instance is set up to log the session start time and end time into a table. Given this table, your job is to find all time intervals in which no one is logged in.
SQL Server Service Broker Poison Message Handling
Have you ever figured out why your Service Broker queue gets disabled automatically? What causes your Service Broker queue to get disabled in the first place? What is a poison message with respect to Service Broker? Is there anything new in SQL Server 2008 R2 for managing poison messages in Service Broker?
The DBAs Guide to Expectation Management
Your customers expectations are their primary measure of your success. How well are you managing them?
You’re reading The DBAs Guide...
Blogs
Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop
By gbargsley
Welcome back to PowerShell Strikes Back. We’re three weeks in, and the training is...
Breaking Rules in Rome
By Steve Jones
Last week I was honored with a trip to Rome for the Redgate President’s...
Forums
Merge Replication failing with Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric
After upgrading 2 Merge Replicated databases to SQL 2022 and re-establishing the Merge Replication...
Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
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Distance Metric Algorithms
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Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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