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2020-11-26 (first published: 2020-11-19)
Getting informative error messages when something goes wrong with an SSIS package is critical, especially if you are not in front of your computer.
2020-11-25
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Database administrators can never stop thinking about security. In this article, Fabiano Amorim shows how data can be revealed through error messages when views are used to secure rows.
2020-11-25
Resilient T-SQL code is code that is designed to last, and to be safely reused by others. The goal of defensive database programming, the goal of this book, is to help you to produce resilient T-SQL code that robustly and gracefully handles cases of unintended use, and is resilient to common changes to the database environment.
2020-11-25 (first published: 2013-08-28)
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Imagine having at your fingertips all the metadata queries you need to explore your SQL Server databases and then, a few clicks later, all your diagnostic queries to troubleshoot their performance. Phil Factor demonstrates how it can be done, by storing each set of snippets in a standard JSON collection and using PowerShell to convert them to SQL Prompt snippet files.
2020-11-25
In this article, I am going to explain fixing a problem related login failure error with SQL Server. The Problem One of the common error in the SQL Server error log is "Login failed for user 'DomainName\ServerName$'. Reason: Could not find a login matching the name provided. [CLIENT: <local machine>]". Even though it says that […]
2020-11-24
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In this article we look at creating a SQL Server stored procedure that displays a list of all Windows services based on running or stopped state.
2020-11-24
Are you new to Version Control and not sure where to start? Visit the Redgate University and check out Steve Jones' Introduction to Version Control course. In just 20 minutes Steve will give you a rundown of what version control is and what the benefits are.
2020-11-24
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2020-11-23
Learn the five steps to perform Azure resource reporting with Power BI in order to embed the reports in dashboards for stakeholders.
2020-11-23
By Steve Jones
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