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The Sins of SELECT * (BP005)

If Prompt warns you of use of the asterisk, or 'star' (*), in SELECT statements, consider replacing it with an explicit column list. It will prevent unnecessary network load and query performance problems, and avoid problems if the column order changes, when inserting into a table. Read more

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Using SQL Data Compare to Synchronize Custom Error Messages

Steve Jones shows how to get SQL Data Compare to synchronize custom error messages, stored in the sys.messages system catalog view, across SQL Server instances. This can be a handy way of ensuring your DR and HA instances keep their messages in sync. Read more

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Building reusable table build scripts using SQL Prompt

You need a fast, general-purpose way to save the results of a query or batch or procedure into any sort of worktable, such as a temporary table or a table variable or table valued parameter. A simple SELECT…INTO isn't versatile enough for these requirements, and the alternative ways to handcraft… Read more

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SQL Prompt Safety Net Features for SSMS: SQL History

Mistakes occasionally happen. Sometimes you accidentally close an SSMS query tab without saving it, before realizing it contained an essential bit of code. Occasionally, you make some ill-judged 'refinements' to working code and now just wish you could rewind your tab back in time an hour and forget the whole… Read more

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Finding code smells using SQL Prompt: TOP without ORDER BY in a SELECT statement (BP006)

Using TOP in a SELECT statement, without a subsequent ORDER BY clause, is legal in SQL Server, but meaningless because asking for the TOP x rows implies that the data is guaranteed to be in a certain order, and tables have no implicit logical order. You must specify the order. Read more

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Choosing Between Table Variables and Temporary Tables (ST011, ST012)

Phil Factor demonstrates the use of temporary tables and table variables, and offers a few simple rules to decide if a table variable will give better performance than a temp table (ST011), or vice-versa (ST012). Read more

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Monitoring Distributed SQL Servers using Redgate Monitor

If your SQL Server estate is large, or installed across different, isolated networks, or both, then you need a distributed monitoring solution. It is very easy to set up multiple base monitors in Redgate Monitor, and then to manage the monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting for your entire SQL Server estate,… Read more

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Pseudonymizing your data with SQL Data Generator

Starting from a database view, as the basis for a typical sales reports, Phil factor shows how to generate a data-masked version of this report, which the Tax Men can safely pore over. Read more

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Automatic Provisioning of Developer Databases with SQL Provision

Steve Jones shows a simple way to provision full size databases for developers, using production like data that has been masked automatically as part of the provisioning process. Read more

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SQL Compare Snapshots: a lightweight database version control and rollback mechanism

During the proof-of-concept phase of development work, SQL Compare Snapshots offer an easy way to work out what broke, if a change causes some tests to fail, as well as a simple ‘roll back’ technique to return quickly to the last working copy. Read more

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The Sins of SELECT * (BP005)

Using SQL Data Compare to Synchronize Custom Error Messages

Building reusable table build scripts using SQL Prompt

SQL Prompt Safety Net Features for SSMS: SQL History

Finding code smells using SQL Prompt: TOP without ORDER BY in a SELECT statement (BP006)

Choosing Between Table Variables and Temporary Tables (ST011, ST012)

Monitoring Distributed SQL Servers using Redgate Monitor

Pseudonymizing your data with SQL Data Generator

Automatic Provisioning of Developer Databases with SQL Provision

SQL Compare Snapshots: a lightweight database version control and rollback mechanism

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