Get Dependent Databases, Tables, Columns…
Quite often people need to write a new T-SQL application to replace an existing one for various reasons. For instance,...
2012-07-06 (first published: 2012-06-29)
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Blog Posts
IOPS verses Throughput – Measuring Performance of Your Storage
Working on a recent consulting job, I was asked to explain the difference in throughput, which is, measured in MB/s...
2012-07-06
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This week’s links on monitoring SQL Server performance
From time to time, I will be posting links that I encountered during the week. This is also one way...
2012-07-06
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Differences in the Null Bitmap between SQL 2005 and 2012
Hello Dear Reader, I’ve been working on a series for BIDN.com, the Business Intelligence Developers Network, on how to read...
2012-07-05
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysconfigures
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-07-05
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Powershell Add-Member: IsLogBackupAllowed ?
In my previous post, I shared some of the issues I had when attempting to get Add-Member to work with...
2012-07-05
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SQL Server table partition switching
If you are using partitions in SQL Server, be aware that “partition switching” is a great feature to quickly truncate partitions...
2012-07-05
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The Standing Desk – In the Light
It’s been almost a month since I started the Standing Desk experiment. My first setup was down in the basement,...
2012-07-05
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Using Excel Macro (.xlsm) Enabled Files in SSIS
Recently while working for a client that was running SQL Server 2008 R2 I was tasked with loading an Excel...
2012-07-05 (first published: 2012-06-29)
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Fourth of July Bloopers
Here you go. The raw ones.
It’s a holiday, and usually I’m spending time with the family and enjoying the...
2012-07-04
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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,...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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