AWS RDS Backups
One of the things I love the most about Platform as a Service when it comes to data is the fact that you get RDS backups, built in. Go...
2022-08-22
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Grant Fritchey
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Extended Events for Anything but Query Tuning: Object Changes
I hear this one all the time: How do I find out who implemented object changes? I also get: Can I see the query that caused object changes? Let’s...
2022-08-22 (first published: 2022-08-08)
291 reads
Thank You Tim!
Ah, Tim Ford. I remember the time we were sitting at Ruth Kriss Steakhouse trying to figure out which of the two of us was the dumbest person in...
2022-08-12 (first published: 2022-07-26)
239 reads
Three Mile Island And Your Databases
Grant takes a few lessons for database DR from a nuclear accident in the US.
2022-08-06
90 reads
Thank You Andy!
I remember going into Andy Leonard’s session at PASS Summit in Denver. I’m not going to lie, it was kind of sparsely attended, so I got to sit up...
2022-08-02
9 reads
Database Fundamentals #32: Create Unique Constraints with T-SQL
In the last Database Fundamentals post, I explained what a unique constraint was and how you can create them using the GUI. Using TSQL to create a constraint is...
2022-07-25
60 reads
Query Tuning, Why Bother?
Today Grant wonders why we spend so much time trying to learn about query tuning.
2022-07-23
248 reads
Thank You Wendy!
I honestly don’t know when or how I met Wendy Pastrick, but I’m so happy I did. Wendy and I have been friends for a very long time. Thank...
2022-07-19
14 reads
Sabbatical!
Redgate Software has a policy wherein every 5 years, employees receive a 6-week paid sabbatical. Well, I’m up to year 11 (I skipped a year my first time), so...
2022-07-18
3 reads
Time To Recharge
Redgate is a great place to work for a lot of reasons. One of those has come up for me. It's time for my sabbatical. Every five years we get six weeks paid leave. Mine starts Monday. I'll still be clearing out my email (the thought of six weeks worth gives me horrors), and I'll […]
2022-07-16
106 reads
Blogs
Parsing EXE Output in PowerShell
By Steve Jones
I saw a post internally that asked this question: Anyone have a handy powershell...
Connect With More Clients: Our Partner Directory Has Arrived
By Rob Sewell
The partner directory connects your agency with new customers.
Can You See Who Forced a Plan
I had an excellent group of people in Gothenburg Sweden when I taught there...
Forums
GIT Configuration and Automated Release for Azure Data Factory
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Output to flat file with no delimiter
Hello all, Is there an easy way to output my records to a flat...
Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design
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Question of the Day
Concat Addition
What is the result of this code?
SELECT CONCAT(1, 2, 3) + 4See possible answers