Linked Server Optimization
This article demonstrates the negative affect that linked servers can cause in queries and offers alternatives to speed up performance.
The Truth Table
Truth tables are an important part of working with logical values in SQL Server. Yousef Ekhtiari brings us some T-SQL that can help you construct those many variable truth tables and ensure you are getting the results you expect.
Using VBScript to Automate Tasks
This article discusses why VBScript should be one of the tools you use to manage your server. Sample scripts show how to remove files over x days old and how to FTP files.
Apply Test-Driven Development to your Database Projects
This article from MSDN discusses the benefits of TDD and bringing unit testing to your database development.
Bad Meetings
A joint editorial this week from the Red Gate team looking back at the news of the week.
Bad Meetings
A joint editorial this week from the Red Gate team looking back at the news of the week.
Extending SQL Server Reporting Services with SQL CLR Table-Valued Functions
This article describes how to take advantage of SQL CLR table-valued functions to combine different types of data sources to create rich and exciting SQL Server Reporting Services reports.
Dreams of the Future
Steve Jones looks ahead to an interesting trip for the future of a couple of technical geeks.
How to Break Replication
David Poole is a regular author at SQLServerCentral.com, sharing many of his knowledge and experiences with us over the years. This time he examines some of the issues that you might have with replication.
Loading a 24x7 Data Warehouse
More and more companies are using data warehouses as a way of consolidating business critical information. And more and more of these companies want the warehouse available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This presents interesting challenges for the DBA involved in ETL processing. Longtime author Leo Peysakhovich brings us one solution for this problem.
Blogs
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Forums
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
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High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers