A DBA's Look at the Data Catalog
A data catalog is a way of classifying and adding metadata about the information in your database for compliance purposes. Take a look at how one DBA is using Redgate's Data Catalog.
2019-07-11
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Explicit Transactions
There are frequent misunderstandings about Explicit Transactions, not limited to use of 'nested transactions'. This article attempts to explain by example many of the behaviors of this feature.
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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