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Book Review – “SQL Server Transaction Log Management” by Tony Davis and Gail Shaw

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

A couple of questions and comments on the Ask.SQLServerCentral.com website have shown some misunderstanding about the use of SQL Server’s Transaction Log files. At about the same time, I was approached by Red Gate as part of their Friends programme … Continue reading →

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Unmitigated Disaster? Or was it also a Learning Experience?

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

The Situation You get a call. Someone has done something bad – in this case, failed to select the WHERE clause when running an UPDATE statement against your production database. Oops. Leaving aside thoughts of “why is he messing with … Continue reading →

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Red Gate – SQL Server Index Manager – Beta 2

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Red Gate released the first Beta for their new Index Manager back in December, and I blogged about it then.  They have recently updated the Beta, and so I downloaded it and had another play. First attempt to use it, … Continue reading →

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Red Gate – SQL Index Manager – Beta

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

Once again, those lovely chaps at Red Gate have come up with a new tool for the DBA – SQL Index Manager, and Grant “Scary” Fritchey (blog|twitter) has even done a video about it on YouTube. So, let’s download it … Continue reading →

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Red Gate – SQL Tab Magic – Preview

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

Those clever chaps at Red Gate have had a “down tools” week – not quite sure what that means, as it sounds like hard work – and this time they’ve come up with “SQL Tab Magic“. This simple-looking little tool … Continue reading →

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