A Beautiful Google Mind
Larry Page is a very interesting person, one that is looking to change the world.
Migrating SSIS Projects and Parameters, Part 1
In this first part to looking at deploying SSIS packages to new environments, Andy Leonard looks at a few options for migrating your work to a new instance.
Taking Azure SQL Data Warehouse for a Test-Drive
Azure SQL Data Warehouse uses SQL to query the data, but there are some differences to SQL Server's dialect of TSQL, and queries don't necessarily work in the same way. DBAs are also required to use SSDT to access Azure SQL Data Warehouse. It is worth taking the time to try the preview of the product, and take it for a 'spin around the block', following Robert Sheldon's walk-through.
Triple Check Your Restores
After the crash of an US Air Force database was reported, Steve Jones has some advice.
Be the first to try Redgate SQL Compare 12
We are excited to announce the beta release of SQL Compare & SQL Data Compare 12. We want to use this beta period to get as much feedback from you, the SQL community, as possible. Try it out, or for more information on what’s new, read on.
Improved Support for Parallel Statistics Rebuilds
Jonathan Kehayias takes a closer look at a new trace flag that allows you to process multiple concurrent statistics updates on the same table.
SQL Server 2016 is Just Faster
SQL Server 2016 runs faster, sometimes without you changing anything.
What SQL Statements Are Currently Using The Transaction Logs?
This article presents a utility that will show you what SQL statements are using the transaction logs, in terms of log space used and transaction duration.
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5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
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The Book of Redgate: Taking Breaks
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Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
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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