SQL Source Control - Q & A
After a webinar for SQL Source Control, there were a large number of questions left unanswered. All have been listed here, along with answers from the Red Gate development team.
2010-08-27
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Articles
Defensive Db Programming Chapter 05
We are here again with after another week and ready for another episode in this series. Today we get to...
2010-08-27
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SQL Schema Comparison with Visual Studio 2010
we normally do development on the development box; then during the build preparation we compare the development database with the QA/UAT/Production database to identify differences and generate schema objects for synchronization or incremental deployment scripts. How we can compare schema objects between databases and generate synchronization or incremental deployment scripts?
2010-08-27
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A deadlock was detected while trying to lock variables in SSIS
Error: 0xC001405C at SQL Log Status: A deadlock was detected while trying to lock variables "User::RowCount" for read/write access. A lock cannot be acquired after 16 attempts. The locks timed out. Have you ever considered variable locking when building your SSIS packages? I expect many people haven’t just because most of the time you never see an error like the one above. I’ll try and explain a few key concepts about variable locking and hopefully you never will see that error
2010-08-26
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SSIS: Conditional File Processing in a ForEach Loop
I’ve fielded a number of requests recently asking how to interrogate a file within SSIS and change the processing rules...
2010-08-26
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Mutexes in SQL
This article shows you how to manage process control among multiple servers using a lightweight database utility
2010-08-25
12,833 reads
Security Auditing Matching Up Logins And Users
I have been tasked with auditing security on my SQL Server. However, this needs to be a somewhat automated process as I don't want to have to rely on taking screenshots every month to satisfy our auditors. What tables and/or views should I be using and what's the best way to extract the information out of them?
2010-08-25
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The Semantics of NULL in SQL Server 2008
Learn the basics of NULL, what it is, and how to query for it in your databases from Adolfo Socorro. What NULL means, how to account for it, and how are expressions involving NULL evaluated
2010-08-24
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Tracy Hamlin, Exceptional DBA of 2010, on what it means to go the extra mile
An interview with the Exceptional DBA of 2010, Tracy Hamlin.
2010-08-24
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Executing SSIS Packages Using DTExec
Learn how the DTExec and DTExecUI utilities give you the ability to assign values to arbitrary properties of components within a SQL Server Integration Services package, when invoking its execution.
2010-08-24
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Blogs
Changing the Cardinality of a FK in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Future-Proofing: How to Stay Ahead in FinOps
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Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator
Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but...
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