Performance Tuning Using Free Tools, Part 2
You can do essential performance tuning on your SQL Server databases using a FREE toolkit!
A Database DevOps Workflow Using Redgate Deploy
Tony Davis describes a typical database development cycle and deployment pipeline supported by Redgate Deploy. It allows branch-based database development, using disposable databases (clones) and version control tools, promotes continuous integration and testing of changes and automates the build and deployment processes so that they are repeatable, fast and reliable.
Quantifier predicates
Predicates in SQL are often complex and difficult to understand. In this article, Joe Celko explains the logic behind a few of the predicates: EXISTS, SOME, ANY and ALL.
Coding for the Future
Writing code that solves problems and adapts to the future is a challenge, but it's something we should think about.
Automating Flyway Undos
How to auto-generate first-cut undo scripts for every Flyway migration. For every new version of a database created by a Flyway versioned migration, we compare it to a 'source' directory containing object-level build scripts for the previous version. The SQL Compare engine does the rest, producing the associated undo script that will revert the database to the previous version, if required.
Creating a SQL Server Agent Job to Run Python Scripts in a Virtual Environment
In this article we walk through how you can run Python scripts using SQL Server Agent, so you can setup scheduled jobs to run your Python code.
Teams Security Issues
There are a few security issues in the Teams application from Microsoft, and Steve notes that some of the push for new features can be a problem in this area.
The Changing Landscape of Information Management
A high level view of how enterprises should manage their data and information.
Getting Started with Cloud-hosted Databases using Spawn
This article will get you started with Spawn, a hosted database cloning service running entirely on Amazons AWS.
Blogs
A New Word: Gnossienne
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Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
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Getting Database MaiL Profiles
If I want to return information about all Database Mail profiles on my instance from T-SQL, how can I do this?
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