The Hybrid Cloud: Having your Cake
With a hybrid cloud, can you get the freedom and flexibility of a public cloud with the security and bandwidth of a private cloud? Robert Sheldon explains all the ins and outs.
One System to Rule Them All
Can a single piece of software work well for most situations? Steve Jones wonders if we're not attacking the problems of large software applications in the right way.
Automating SQL Server Agent Notification
This article looks at some automated approaches of monitoring SQL Server agent jobs.
Data Mining: Part 13 Powershell
In this lesson we will explain how to create scripts to manage Data Mining Models using Powershell.
Data Mining: Part 13 Powershell
In this lesson we will explain how to create scripts to manage Data Mining Models using Powershell.
The Brittleness of Replication
Replication is a great feature in SQL Server, but it seems brittle. When things go wrong, they break quickly, and often severely. It seems that we have many features like this in SQL Server that are useful and handy, but receive very little attention as versions are released.
Adding Custom Reports to SQL Server Management Studio
In this tip, Koen Verbeeck explores how to apply business intelligence solutions to administrative tasks, specifically creating custom reports and adding them to SQL Server Management Studio.
SQL Saturday #320 - Raleigh, NC
SQL Saturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. The Triangle SQL Server user group (http://www.tripass.org) of Raleigh, NC is hosting this event on September 6, 2014. Register while space is available.
Data is Not Always Enough
More data is better, but Steve Jones notes that even that isn't always enough to make decisions count for your organization.
Verify SQL Backup Integrity
Perform automated database restores and check the integrity of your backup files
Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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