Azure Data Factory Pipeline Logging Error Details
In this article we will cover how to capture and persist Azure Data Factory pipeline errors to an Azure SQL Database table.
Getting Comfortable Writing Code in Azure Data Studio
Learn some of the ins and outs of working with Azure Data Studio to develop SQL code.
President's Day 2021
It's a holiday in the US, President's Day, and I'm off. Hopefully, I'm coaching and enjoying a day with kids away from work and the stress of the world. I hope you have a good day as well.
Execute Dynamic SQL commands in SQL Server
In some applications having hard coded SQL statements is not appealing, because of the dynamic nature of the queries being issued against the database server. This is where dynamically building SQL statements can be useful.
The Future of Database DevOps
Join Pramod Sadalage, Director at Thoughtworks, and a stellar line up of speakers for Redgate Summit: The Future of Database DevOps on February 17 & 18. You’ll discover the latest trends in DevOps, brand new insights from the 2021 State of Database DevOps report, an introduction and technical demos of Redgate’s solutions for Database DevOps, and more.
Looking to Role Models
Each of us can inspire and be a role model for others. Steve notes that the WIT group is doing that with an event on March 5th.
Offline R Services installation and patching
The R Services installation package is not included in the MS SQL Server installation package. When you install MS SQL Server with R Services the installer actually download the package from the Internet.
The Pandemic Work Load
With the new year proceeding along, we are still in a pandemic. Is that affecting your work load?
Connect to SQL Server
In this article we look at the different ways to connect to various SQL Server services using tools like SSMS, BCP, SQLCMD, PowerShell and more.
Getting Started with Flyway and SQL Server
Phil Factor explains how to get started with Flyway, as simply as possible, using PowerShell. This article provides a practice set of database automation scripts that will build a SQL Server database, and then update it, running a series of migrations scripts that make some schema alterations, and load the database with test data.
Blogs
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In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
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EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
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Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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