Phil Factor provides a PowerShell script to disconnect your laptop without risking error 21, if you're working with SQL Clone and need to go offline. The same script will then bring the clone database back online smoothly, once you're reconnected.
2019-06-25
If you work with SQL Server, Redgate would love to talk to you about how you’re using (or thinking of using) containers, how you see databases fitting into your workflows involving them, and any challenges you’ve hit so far.
2019-06-24
With a line up like this, it's a webinar not to be missed! Join Grant Fritchey, Chris Yates, Annette Allen, and Tony Maddonna on Tuesday June 25th as they discuss the key findings of Redgate’s 2019 State of SQL Server Monitoring survey.
2019-06-24
Gogula Aryalingam continues telling the story of the BI solution created by a business analyst intern. In this article, after the initial success, plans are made to sustain and grow the project.
2019-06-24
Implementing Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSAs) in existing SQL Server instances with AlwaysON
2019-06-21 (first published: 2017-10-12)
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Brent get's asked this question a lot, so here he has set up an example with the Stack Overflow database. His query’s goal is to find the top 5 Locations, and list the users who live in those top 5 Locations, alphabetized by their DisplayName.
2019-06-21
Learn how you can clone a database with a VMDK virtual disk to store your data.
2019-06-20
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The use of macOS by developers and IT professionals has gained popularity the past few years. Running a sandboxed SQL Server, however, has been difficult. That changed when Microsoft made SQL Server images on Docker available. In this article, Carlos Robles explains how to get started with Docker when running macOS.
2019-06-20
In this tip we look at how to use SandDance a powerful data visualization tool that is an extension to Azure Data Studio.
2019-06-19
This article will show you how to use crontab to schedule tasks that you want to run on a SQL Server on Linux instance when no Agent is configured.
2019-06-18
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Comments posted to this topic are about the item An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers