Capture Index Usage Statistics for Better Analysis
Starting with SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced Dynamic Management Views to help DBAs see what's going inside of SQL Server....
2012-10-23
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Which SQL Instance is Killing Your CPU?
You have 5 instances running. How do you know which one is killing your CPU?
As you can see from Windows...
2012-10-16
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Grant Execute Permission on All Stored Procedures
Right out of the box, SQL Server makes it pretty easy to grant SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE to all...
2012-10-10
13,147 reads
How to Make SQL Server Listen on Multiple Ports
Have you ever needed an instance of SQL Server to listen on multiple TCP/IP port numbers but didn't know how...
2012-10-05
1,181 reads
Use Powershell to Manage Idera SQL Diagnostic Manager
Idera SQL Diagnostic Manager (or as I call it "SQLdm") is a great monitoring and performance tuning tool that I...
2012-09-28
2,737 reads
Welcome to Everday SQL
My name is Patrick Keisler and I have been a Microsoft SQL Server DBA for over 12 years. During that...
2012-09-22
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Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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