Using Attributes with Unity
Attributes in Unity allow you to add features like strings and menu items to objects. In this article, Lance Talbert shows you how to add attributes that can then be tested while in editing mode.
Connecting - Level 4 of the Stairway to Azure SQL Database
Learn how to configure connectivity and firewall rules for your Azure SQL Database
DevOps and OSS Can Scale
Microsoft has embraced open source software, and has opened much of their code. They have also proven that DevOps development can scale in this environment.
Monitoring your servers and databases with SCOM and SQL Monitor
SCOM is good at monitoring the status of your servers. SQL Monitor give you a detailed view of your SQL Server instances, and databases, right across your network, however they are hosted. By using tools appropriately, for the tasks they do well, you benefit from a simpler and more comprehensive overall strategy.
SQL and T-SQL for Beginners in 229 minutes
The the basics of SQL and T-SQL in this short course of videos that explain some of the concepts.
Key findings from the State of SQL Server Monitoring
Microsoft MVP Grant Fritchey provides an insight into the key findings from the report; what is the biggest challenge facing database professionals this year? How are estates changing? And what technologies are being used across the industry? Read Grant’s blog to find out.
SQL Server and Excel Hierarchyid Example for Organization Charts
In this tip we look at how to build a hierarchy chart using the SQL Server hierarchyid data type and Excel to format the chart.
Parsing HTML to SQL using SQLDOM
It is simple to parse HTML directly to SQL, manipulate, and render back to HTML using SQLDOM
Politics makes for bad databases - plus calculate British holidays
In this piece, learn about changes in UK holidays and get a script to calculate them.
Ransomware and DevOps
Ransomware is becoming a bigger and bigger problem. Steve has some thoughts on how you should think about security in your database environment.
Blogs
5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break...
The Book of Redgate: Taking Breaks
By Steve Jones
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation...
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers