Tough Interview Questions
Steve ran across a list of interview questions and wonders if it's a good test for an experienced database developer.
Your SQL Servers Are Misconfigured...
It's probably not your fault, but relying on the defaults of a SQL Server installation might be impacting the performance of your instance.
Create Azure DevOps Analytics Visuals with Power BI OData Queries
This article focuses on the use of OData Queries to integrate DevOps Analytics data to Power BI.
Gitflow Workflow Hotfix Branching for SQL Database Projects
Git is a great tool for source control and in this tip we look at how you can utilize Git source control to build and deploy database hotfixes.
Do it. Try it. Fix it.
Building better software requires some experimentation, but also some learning. Building better software as an organization requires even more.
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Introduction The analysis of blocking in SQL Server can be hard if the SQL Server instance has a high number of active connections. This analysis becomes complicated because busy instances could have more than one blocking connection, meaning that we could have more than just one blocking chain. For every group of blocked connections, we […]
Oracle archived redo size – the research
Oracle archived redo size may be smaller than that of online redo log files. In this article, Jonathan Lewis takes a deeper look.
SQL Server SET STATISTICS IO ON Deep Dive
In this article we look at how to interpret and use the results of STATISTICS IO when tuning SQL Server queries.
Artist or Scientist?
In your work, are you an artist or a scientist? Steve Jones knows we need to be both, but when is each appropriate?
CRUD Operations in SQL Server using Python
This article goes through a process to show how you can use Python to perform create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations on SQL Server data.
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things
By Steve Jones
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
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that one limitation in replication
Hi as shown below a replication target requires a primary key. if we want...
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Detecting Deadlocks
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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