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  • Redgate SQL Prompt Grid Features

    Redgate SQL Prompt Grid Features

    May 8, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    I love Redgate tools. Most of all, I love SQL Prompt because its features increase my productivity on a daily basis. Recently I discovered…

  • Top 10 Tips for Availability Groups

    Top 10 Tips for Availability Groups

    May 1, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    I have enjoyed working with Availability Groups ever since they were released with SQL Server 2012. Each major version since, the feature has improved…

  • Azure SQL Database Elastic Pools

    Azure SQL Database Elastic Pools

    March 22, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    Azure SQL Database Elastic Pools are a mechanism for grouping your Azure SQL Databases together into a shared resource pool. Imagine for a moment…

  • Connecting your Azure regions

    Connecting your Azure regions

    January 24, 2017

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    Derik Hammer

    In this post, I am going to demonstrate how to configure virtual network gateways in Azure using Resource Manager. This is important for connecting…

  • T-SQL Tuesday #85: STOP! Restore Time!

    T-SQL Tuesday #85: STOP! Restore Time!

    December 13, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    I know, I know. That was a bit much. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Kenneth Fisher (b | t). T-SQL Tuesday…

  • Rotating Tables with Indicators in SSRS 2016

    November 28, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    When creating SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) dashboards, I like to use indicators to give clear and colorful data visualizations. In this post I am…

  • Measuring Availability Group Synchronization Lag

    September 1, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    With all of the high-availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) features, the database administrator must understand how much data loss and downtime is possible…

  • SQL Agent 2016 Jobs Running PowerShell Scripts

    July 28, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    I recently performed a side-by-side upgrade of a SQL Server 2008 R2 instance to SQL Server 2016 RTM. This particular instance had over 200…

  • A better way to search dates

    A better way to search dates

    June 28, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    SARGability is the ability of the query to properly search the arguments that you pass it. When your query is not sargable you cannot…

  • Heap tables in SQL Server

    Heap tables in SQL Server

    April 13, 2016

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    Derik Hammer

    In the last post of this blog series, I discussed what a B-Tree index was and briefly explained its history. Before we dive into the…

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