Checking Up on Developers
This Friday Steve Jones has a poll about developers. Help compile a good list of common mistakes made in SQL Server.
Prevent overlapping of time events with an indexed view
Prevent overlapping of time events with an indexed view.
Introducing the Red Gate SSMS Ecosystem
The Red Gate SSMS Ecosystem is a framework that makes it easy to develop, share and manage SSMS add-ins. We aim to help add-in developers build everything from homegrown solutions and community-driven projects to commercial solutions provided by partner companies. We hope that DBAs and database developers will benefit from better integrated tools.
Understanding Microsoft Power BI – Self Service Solutions
This article discusses Microsoft Power BI, different tools under the Microsoft Power BI umbrella and when each of them can be used.
Content in the Cloud
Steve Jones has some concerns over new options in SQL Server 2014 that might lead some customers to experiment in a way that causes them unexpected pain.
Vendor Value
Software maintenance is often required when purchasing software packages. But do the vendors deliver value for this charge? Steve Jones has a few thoughts on the subject.
SQL Server Operations from Set Theory
SQL Server provides the UNION, EXCEPT, and INTERSECT set operations. How do they work and how can they be used in SQL Server? Can you provide any examples? Check out this tip to learn more.
Trading in xp_cmdshell for SQLCLR (Part 1) - List Directory Contents
Learn how to use SQLCLR to get file system information instead of using xp_cmdshell on your SQL Servers.
Script to Set the SQL Server Database Default Schema For All Users
You may come across or even inherit a system where many of the users have different default schemas. Usually, this is easy to remedy - you go into Management Studio, right-click the user, and change the default schema through the UI. Or you write an ALTER USER command manually. But what if you have hundreds of users, across all of your user databases, that should all have the same default schema?
SQL Saturday #233 - Washington DC
SQL Saturday is a free day of SQL Server training and networking coming to Washington DC on December 7. Paid pre-con sessions for this SQL Saturday are available.
Blogs
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
Forums
Inquiry – Enforcing ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly via GPO
Hello, I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to redirect a...
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TempDB Facts I
Can I set Accelerated Database Recovery on tempdb?
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