Redgate Streamed
This July we're taking Redgate Streamed down under, bringing together expert industry speakers from Australia and New Zealand for a full day of online sessions, knowledge sharing and networking.
Understanding Views in SQL
Learn about the concept of views in SQL, and how they work. Read on to see clear examples of how to implement views.
A Virtual Trip Down Under
Steve returns from vacation and gets ready for a virtual trip to Australia.
Creating a Serverless Database in Azure
Learn how you can create a database in the serverless tier in Azure.
How to Create an Ubuntu PowerShell Development Environment – Part 3
Running SQL Server in a container may seem daunting at first, but it’s easy once you understand the handful of commands needed. In this article, Robert Cain demonstrates how to run SQL Server in a Docker container on Ubuntu.
Annoyances
Working with others can be a challenge. This Friday's poll asks for those little annoyances in the workplace and how to deal with them.
Getting started with SQL 2019 big data cluster in Azure
Installing and connecting to SQL 2019 big data cluster
Cloud adoption rates see increase in 2020
Usage of Microsoft Azure is up by 15 percentage points compared to 2019 and it remains the most-used cloud platform. This is possibly as a result of increased remote working and the need to no longer rely on physical machines. For more insights into 2020 trends and challenges, download the State of Database Monitoring report here.
Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
Forums
Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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