Backup and restore of a SQL Clone
SQL Server sees the cloned database as a user database, meaning that you can treat it as one, including backup and restore - Steve Jones explains.
Displaying Backup or Restore Progress
Have you ever started a database backup or a restore process that runs a long time then wanted to know when it will complete? Knowing when a database backup or restore operation will complete provides you valuable information, especially when you need to perform follow-on tasks that are waiting for the backup or restore process to complete.
AlwaysON Availability Group and Jobs Part 2
This article will provide the actual implementation of the control mechanism.
What do you do when you have a repetitive task to do?
When faced with repetitive tasks how do you go about doing them in a focused timely manner?
Performance Myths: Table variables are always in-memory
Guest author Derik Hammer dismisses the common myth that table variables perform better than temp tables because they are always in memory.
AlwaysON Availability Group and Jobs Part 1
In this article (consist from 2 parts) , I will be focusing on one of the practical solutions for management of internal SQL Server jobs in AlwaysOn Availability Groups scenarios.
SQL Data Mask: now featuring configurable masks
SQL Data Mask is the latest prototype to come out of Redgate Foundry. It copies your database while anonymizing personal data, and you can use it to mask your databases right now, free of charge. Here are the details.
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
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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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