SQL Server Backup Monitoring with PowerShell
In this part of the series we look at how to use the PowerShell monitoring scripts to collect backup information from your monitored instances.
2020-07-24
Additional Articles
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial
In this tutorial we will cover common questions related to the SQL Server msdb database. This is one of the standard system databases that are part of every SQL Server installation. This tutorial will give you a better idea of what the msdb database.
2020-07-23
Automate Database Restore for SQL Server
In this article we look at how to automate a SQL Server database restore using a PowerShell script.
2020-07-22
Power BI Incremental Refresh for SQL Sources
In this article we look at the incremental refresh feature when working with Power BI data sources and how to implement for your reports.
2020-07-21
Getting Started with GitFlow
In this article, Diogo Souza explains GitFlow, a branching model for Git. He demonstrates how to work with GitFlow to create and deploy a feature and a hotfix to GitHub.
2020-07-20
Power BI Incremental Refresh for SQL Sources
In this article we look at the incremental refresh feature when working with Power BI data sources and how to implement for your reports.
2020-07-20
6 New Courses Published on the Redgate University
Master the fundamentals of Redgate products with easy to follow video courses on Redgate University. This month 6 new courses have been published to help you advance your skills including courses on SQL Prompt, SQL Monitor, SQL Change Automation, SQL Compare, and Database DevOps for Oracle. All brought to you by some amazing presenters like Kendra Little, Grant Fritchey, Kathi Kellenberger and the Redgate team of experts. Start learning now!
2020-07-17
Hands-On with Columnstore Indexes: Part 2 Best Practices and Guidelines
In the second article of this series, Edward Pollack demonstrates some ways to design and populate a columnstore index to get even better performance.
2020-07-17
Automate Responses to Bad Deployments with SQL Monitor
Jamie Wallis explains how SQL Monitor can both reveal quickly who ran a deployment, and when, and automate the incident-response workflow to ensure it's dealt with swiftly. By extending such workflows to development and test servers, as well as production, the feedback cycle starts earlier, and you can stop problems from ever reaching the users.
2020-07-16
Install SQL Server Integration Services in Visual Studio 2019
Learn the step by step process to install SQL Server 2019 Integration Services in Visual Studio as well as the history for the tool.
2020-07-16
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Incremental Statistics
I have run this on SQL Server 2022 for the Sales database:
ALTER DATABASE Sales SET AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS ON (INCREMENTAL = ON)I then run this in the Sales database:
USE Sales GO CREATE STATISTICS CustomerStats1 ON dbo.Customer (CustomerKey, EmailAddress) WITH INCREMENTAL = OFFThe dbo.Customer table is partitioned. How are statistics created? See possible answers