Muting the Immutable
Phil Factor on dealing with "immutable" domain data during database development and deployment.
Vagrant and SQL Server 2017 on Linux
Vagrant provides a mechanism to build and configure a virtual Linux box running SQL Server 2017
Simple SQL Change Automation Scripting: Connections, iProjects and Builds
Phil Factor delves into some of SQL Change Automation's data objects, or artifacts, covering the DatabaseConnection, iProject and iBuildArtifact objects. He explains the useful information they contain and how to use them in a PowerShell-automated database delivery process.
Welcome to the DBA Training Plan.
8 years ago, Brent launched an email series with a 6-Month DBA Training Plan. he sent one email per week, bringing people up to speed on the most important topics that nobody taught ’em along the way. It’s hard to believe it’s been 8 years! This month, he's revisiting the emails, updating their content, and publishing ’em as blog posts too to make ’em easier to find. Buckle up: here come 24 straight blog posts to take you from zero to…well, at least a hero who’s smart enough to wear the underpants on the inside.
How Often Do You Give Your Server a Physical?
The start of a new series that looks at examining your servers and keeping track of their health.
Making the switch to SQL Monitor
Managed IT Services provider Claranet turned to Redgate after having issues with their old monitoring solution and haven’t looked back since. With SQL Monitor named most popular third-party monitoring tool in this years State of SQL Server Monitoring report, see how it helps Claranet deliver more with less.
SQL Server Logon Trigger Examples
In this tip we look at how to create SQL Server Logon Triggers and show different examples of how this can be used.
Demo Data for Everyone
Steve thinks having a known set of data for your system is one way to improve your software development process and make salespeople happy.
Stairway to SQL Server Replication: Level 1 - Introduction to SQL Server Replication
In this Stairway, Sebastian will be covering the details of SQL Server transactional and merge replication, from understanding the basic terminology and methodology of setting up replication, to describing how it works and how the basic replication processes can be monitored.
Find SQL Server Integer Columns to Make Skinnier
In this tip we look at a SQL Server script you can use to determine if you can convert your big integer columns to smaller integer data types to save storage space.
Blogs
Advice I Like: Failure
By Steve Jones
If it fails where you thought it would fail that is not a failure....
Logged in as a member of an Azure AD Group Error while Deploying DACPAC
Quite a long title for a short blog post ??While deploying a DACPAC (from...
Data Conferences – Worth Every Dollar
By Kevin3NF
Some of the best career enhancers you can buy. Why I Go to...
Forums
A Place where AI Technology Shines
Comments posted to this topic are about the item A Place where AI Technology...
Question of the Day
Getting the Object Code
What happens when I run this on SQL Server 2022 in the AdventureWorks2022 database?
SELECT OBJECT_DEFINITION (OBJECT_ID(N'dbo.uspGetBillofMaterials')) AS [Object Definition]; GOSee possible answers