Custom Schemas

This Friday Steve Jones looks at schemas as a grouping mechanism in SQL Server.

Make SQL Server monitoring part of your deployment process for 2020

As we approach 2020, demand for more frequent deployments continues to rise. With this, management of SQL Server availability needs to evolve.

Now’s the time to consider how SQL Server monitoring could improve your deployment performance. In this whitepaper, learn how SQL Server monitoring can help your development and DBA teams work together to remove bottlenecks and enable faster, more reliable deployments.

What Does PERCENTILE_CONT Do?

In this article, Kathi Kellenberger takes on a logic puzzle in trying to understand how the windowing function, PERCENTILE_CONT, works.

A Faster tempdb

I like to call tempdb the “workhorse” of SQL Server. I’ve heard some other people call it other terms that were not so flattering, but since I like to keep things positive, I’ll stick with workhorse. SQL Server uses tempdb for many things. The obvious uses are temp tables and table variables, but tempdb is […]

A Mindset Shift

Microsoft has grown and changed their culture in the last few years, which greatly impresses Steve.

Challenge Your Code Design

How to structure your T-SQL
objects and incorporate design principles.

Create a New SQL Server Maintenance Plan with the Maintenance Plan Designer

In this tip we look at how to use the SQL Server Maintenance Designer to build maintenance plans for your databases and instance.

What you need to consider for your monitoring strategy in 2020

Are you ready for growth in 2020? Whether that means wider business growth which you and your team will be expected to support, expansion of your SQL Server estate, or even your own professional development. Join Redgate in this free webinar on November 20th and be prepared for the coming year.

The Costumed DBA

Today Steve wants to know what costume you wish your work would wear.

Using OFFSET for Paging

This article shows the basics of the OFFSET command.