Virtualization Hints
More and more people are looking at virtual servers, but it's not as simple as just installing the software. Steve Jones has a few comments about virtual database servers and what you can do for a successful project.
Checking SQL Server Agent jobs using Windows PowerShell
Checking for SQL Server Agent jobs and their status is part of your daily task as a DBA. How do we use Windows PowerShell to check for SQL Server Agent jobs?
SQL Server 2008 Learning Guide
This guide provides an in-depth look at SQL Server 2008, with information on upgrading, overviews of the most important new features, and details on future releases.
Virtualization Hints
More and more people are looking at virtual servers, but it's not as simple as just installing the software. Steve Jones has a few comments about virtual database servers and what you can do for a successful project.
Virtualization Hints
More and more people are looking at virtual servers, but it's not as simple as just installing the software. Steve Jones has a few comments about virtual database servers and what you can do for a successful project.
Virtualization Hints
More and more people are looking at virtual servers, but it's not as simple as just installing the software. Steve Jones has a few comments about virtual database servers and what you can do for a successful project.
Celko's Summer SQL Stumpers: Prime numbers
Our first Stumper sees Joe Celko providing a conundrum with a prize for anyone who can come up with a better solution than he can.
Does Maturity Make a DBA?
Brad reflects on the characters of the DBAs he's met in his life, and suggests a common thread running through them all.
Exploring packages in code
This post builds on some of the previous code and shows how you can explore all objects inside a package. I took the sample Task Search application I’d written previously, and came up with a totally pointless little console application that just walks through the package and writes out the basic type and name of every object it finds, starting with the package itself e.g. Package – MyPackage .
Blogs
SQL Server 2025 Developer Edition – One size fits all
By John
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025, bringing big improvements to its main database engine....
Monday Monitor Tips: Learning While Using the Tool
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about what certain items in Redgate Monitor mean. They have...
Act on Your Certification Test Results
By Brian Kelley
Pass or fail, act on your certification test results.
Forums
Switch partition: NULL boundary id
I have table: t1 in schema1 with 19 billion records. I have another table...
Minimally Viable Security
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Encoding NULL
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Question of the Day
Encoding NULL
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2025?
SELECT BASE64_ENCODE(NULL)See possible answers