Find out in this webinar how easy it is with Red Gate's SQL Virtual Restore to mount live, fully functional databases direct from backups – without performing a physical restore. Learn how you can use SQL Virtual Restore to save storage space and time across a wide range of database administration activities.
There are a number of ways to issues CTIs (Current Time Increments) into your StreamInsight streams but a quite useful way is to do it declaratively on your source factory like this
A review on the basic steps to correct a poorly performing query
You can easily re-factor bad DML code, but if a database design is wrong, you can do little to rescue the problem, even with expert queries. So what constitutes 'wrong RDBMS design? What are these errors that continually crop up? How can you recognise them and fix them? Joe embarks on a new series of articles by identifying a series of bad practices based on the habit of 'splitting' that which shouldn't be split.
Hope you got plenty of rest over your Labor Day holiday because the PASS Virtual Chapters have some great free training lined up for you.
Part one of a four-part series exploring the internals of query optimization from T-SQL guru, Paul White.
There's a lot of value in the interactions that professionals have with each other. A guest editorial from Andy Warren talks about the benefits of meeting new people.
We use Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) within the trusted domains, but use the Negotiate Security Support Provider for our web applications. What other security methods can we employ with SQL Server?
New author Cliff Corder has a SQL Server function to report on a 4-4-5 Calendar Accounting Year.
It's Labor Day in the US, and a day off for Steve, so enjoy this set of bloopers from his podcast.
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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