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What Backups Are In This File?–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on May 10, 2023 by way0utwest

I had a question on multiple backups in a file and had to check my syntax. This post shows how to see which backups are in a file. Note: Don’t do this. Put backups in separate files. Another post for … Continue reading →

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The Top SQL Server Engine Errors

Posted on March 4, 2023 by way0utwest

For many of us, SQL Server just works. We might get some syntax errors if we mistype things, but for the most part, SQL Server runs smoothly in many environments. However, there are some common situations that do occur regularly, … Continue reading →

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The Complexity of Metrics

Posted on January 30, 2023 by way0utwest

Monitoring your SQL Server instances is important to ensure you can meet your SLAs. Availability, performance, reliability, quality, whatever you care about, it’s important that whoever is responsible is looking at how the database is performing. At Redgate, we have … Continue reading →

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Minimize Typing

Posted on January 20, 2023 by way0utwest

It couldn’t have happened to a worse set of people, and I’m glad it did, but I’ll still take a positive lesson out of this. A hacker sent a typo in a command to a botnet and lost control. That’s … Continue reading →

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