Fix Commvault Backup Failures After an Upgrade
In this article, you will learn how to troubleshoot backup failures in SQL Server 2016 when you run using commvault backup tool
Why Devops? For Better Security
DevOps is supposed to help us build better software, faster. Steve Jones looks at one of the other benefits: security.
How Incorrect SQL Server Table Statistic Estimates Can Cause Slow Query Execution
Ben Snaidero explains that if you are updating your SQL Server table statistics nightly, but still seeing occasional poor performance with some of the queries being executed against my database, statistics could be the issue.
Building Angular2 Apps with SQL Server Data
This article demonstrates using Angular2 and the CData API Server to build dynamic Web pages using SQL Server data.
Simple Row Level Security for SQL Server 2016
Have you ever had a need to place some simple row level security on a SQL Server table? Well now you can do that in SQL Server 2016 by...
Determining What Happens When You Force an Execution Plan via the Query Store
When you force a query plan via the Query Store, you will need to track what happens: Sometimes the request to force a plan will fail, and you will want to know when and why. There are several ways of getting feedback, ranging from the built-in reports to using extended events. Enrico explains the details.
A View of the Cloud
Today Steve Jones looks at how we can better build software by considering the cloud.
Close Encounters of the CEIP Kind
Microsoft's Customer Experience Improvement Program for SQL Server: once easy to avoid, now hard to ignore, but Rodney Landrum sees an upside.
Create and Connect to an Azure SQL Database
Demonstration on how to create and connect to a Microsoft Azure SQL Database with Microsoft Management Studio (SSMS) and Powershell
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Generating Migration Script Names
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The Book of Redgate: Get the right stuff done
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Runing tSQLt Tests with Claude
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Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow...
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URL Safe or Not?
If I use BASE4_ENCODE() in SQL Server 2025, is the output URL Safe by default?
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