Why I Developed SQL Code Guard: A Fairy Tale from a DBA
This is the story of how a free addin for SSMS, SQL Code Guard, was created and joined the Red Gate SSMS Ecosystem project.
Automate Sliding Window Partition Management: Part I
A new series on how you can automate partition management and administration. Hugh Scott explains how this technique helps him manage large deletes.
Mini-Me
This Friday Steve Jones asks if you build your own mini-me's to help you manage your database systems.
Adding SQL Server AlwaysOn to existing Failover Clusters
We have a SQL Failover Cluster Instance in our primary data center, and want to implement a second two node Failover Cluster Instance in our secondary data center. A new two node cluster located in our secondary data center was setup, but I could not create a new High Availability Group between the two failover cluster instances. What went wrong?
SQL Saturday #275 - Copenhagen
SQL Saturday is coming to Denmark on March 29, 2014. This a free event of SQL Server training and networking. The full schedule is up (and it's full of great speakers) on the SQL Saturday site and make sure to say hello at the Red Gate booth while you're there.
One size does not fill all
Allowing your application to generate your SQL can be a really bad decision.
Big Data: Integration with Little Data
If we want to incorporate big data into our enterprise, it's crucial to know how to integrate it with our existing data.
Vote Now: Final Service Packs for 2008/2008 R2
Microsoft has continued to release Cumulative Updates, with each one specifying that customers should wait for the next service pack if they don't experience an issue. However, no Service Packs have been released for some time. Let Microsoft know we want Service Packs.
Junk Drawer
Dale Newman created open source project called Junk Drawer. It's goal is to make the majority of Excel or text file importing a one step, no-brainer process without using the Import Wizard.
Blogs
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
Questions and Answers from Running a Local LLM
By Steve Jones
I had a few random questions from my Running a Local LLM on Your...
Overview of Claude AI Models: Which One to Choose?
By Arun Sirpal
For those entering the AI space whether professionally or personally I wanted to give...
Forums
A question about how to store the address in the database
I have an app that has an address field on the customer and the...
SSIS package failing intermittently on last Excel Component
Good Afternoon, I have a Job which "fires" off an SSIS package (that is...
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL in SQL Server 2025:...
Question of the Day
Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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