The ‘In Recovery’ Mystery
Last week I received an email from one of our sysadmins asking why one of our databases kept showing as...
2016-03-31 (first published: 2016-03-22)
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The Database Avenger
SSRS 2016 – Part 3 Mobile Reports
This is the final post of 3 on SSRS 2016. This time I’m looking at the new SSRS 2016 mobile reports.
Post 1 covered...
2016-03-14
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No Joke, SQL Server on Linux
Yesterday Microsoft made the earth shattering news that a version of SQL Server with the “core relational database capabilities” will be...
2016-03-08
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SWITCHing IDENTITY in the Pub
I was recently talking to a friend in our local pub about a problem he had with tables not using IDENTITY...
2016-03-01
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DBCC Just Runs Faster, Unless You’re Cheap
The CSS SQL Server Engineers have released a post showing that consistency checks using DBCC CHECKDB is faster and scales...
2016-02-25
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SSRS 2016 – Part 2 New Features for Paginated Reports
This second post of 3 on SSRS 2016 looks at the new features for the SSRS portal and the paginated reports using the...
2016-02-22
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Importing Open Data Sets in SQL Server
Whilst working on an upcoming post I realised that I needed a decent data set on which to test some...
2016-02-15
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SQL Server Reporting Services 2016 – Part 1
This first post of 3 takes a quick peek at SSRS 2016 using the Community Technical Preview (CTP) 3.2. I...
2016-02-03
1,336 reads
SQL Server Management Studio Setup and Configuration
This is my first #entrylevel blog post. The challenge identified by the tags #entrylevel and #Iwanttoshare was started by Tim...
2016-01-28
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Installing SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview
This post is designed to explain the installation steps of some of the new features in 2016 and just how...
2016-01-20
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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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