Upgrade PostgreSQL 9.X to 12.X in Windows
Learn how you can upgrade a PostgreSQL server and ensure your databases follow to the new version.
Melissa Data Quality Solutions for SSIS
For organizations relying on the SQL Server, Melissa's solutions directly integrate with SSIS, so the learning curve is minimal. You can drag and drop Melissa components in SSIS to validate, cleanse, append and enhance data.
What will you learn at the Redgate Summit?
There's just 1 week left until the Redgate Summit: The Future of Database DevOps. Check out this blogpost for what's in store, spoilers from our speakers on what they're most excited to share on the day, and why you should attend.
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SQL Server Extended Events Filtering by Database Name
In this article we look at how to properly filter out events using a database name pattern in an Extended Events Session.
What's the Quarantine state in Windows Failover Clusters
In this article we cover why Windows Failover Cluster nodes can go into a quarantined state, how to resolve this as well as how to set threshold values for this cluster node state.
Let it go
I’ve been digging through the 18 years’ worth of articles, editorials, blogs, contests, interviews, promotions, and announcements over at Simple Talk. There are over 5000 posts, and many are quite outdated, especially those announcing beta versions of software or other time-sensitive content. Some articles haven’t seen the light of day for 10 years, yet some […]
Guide to Quickly Creating an Azure Data Lake Storage
Read a step by step guide to setting up an Azure Data Lake Storage account.
Tough Interview Questions
Steve ran across a list of interview questions and wonders if it's a good test for an experienced database developer.
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It's probably not your fault, but relying on the defaults of a SQL Server installation might be impacting the performance of your instance.
Blogs
The Mystery of the Locked-Up Database -Scooby Dooing Episode 6
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Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference
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A bunch of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community...
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Forums
Compatibility levels on database changing them and impacts.
We’re running SQL Server 2019 with database compatibility level 150, and after recent tuning...
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Question of the Day
Changing the Recovery Time
I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?
ALTER DATABASE Finance SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;See possible answers