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We Are Excited to Announce the General Availability of DB PowerStudio 18.8
IDERA’s DB PowerStudio continues to provide a powerful cross-platform toolset for database development, tuning, and management. With the release of...
Empowering Law Firms: How SQL Server and Idera Tools Safeguard Legal Data
SQL Servers can play a crucial role in supporting the needs of the legal market, particularly for attorneys and law firms. The legal industry deals...
Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.4
A new version of SQL Compliance Manager has arrived! The leading SQL Server auditing solution in the industry has a new version available! SQL...
Best Practices for Writing SQL Server Scripts
When it comes to database management, SQL Server scripts are essential for automating repetitive tasks, querying data, and performing administrative...
Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Workload Analysis 1.7.5
The newest version of SQL Workload Analysis is here! Problematic SQL queries can severely reduce the performance of SQL Server and the...
Lessons from Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Why SQL Server DBAs Need a Business Continuity Plan
Hurricanes Helene and Milton were a stark reminder of the devastating impacts natural disasters can have on infrastructure. With entire regions...
Perpetual vs Subscription: SQL Server Tools Pricing Explained
When it comes to purchasing SQL Server tools, businesses often face a key decision: choosing between perpetual and subscription pricing....
Understanding and Managing High Memory Usage in SQL Server
Understanding SQL Server Memory Usage Memory plays a crucial role in SQL Server's performance, serving as the primary storage area for data being...
How SQL DBAs can Proactively Manage 2025 Compliance Changes
As the world becomes more data-driven, regulations around data privacy, security, and management are constantly evolving. In 2025, several major...
Navigating SQL Server 2014 End of Life: What it Means for Your Data and How Idera Can Help
In July 2024, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 reached its end of life (EOL). This milestone marks the end of extended support from Microsoft, which has...
Essentials of Database Indexing for SQL Server
What is Database Indexing Database indexing is a technique used to optimize the performance of a database by enabling faster retrieval of records....
Understanding the Principle of Least Privilege in SQL Server Security
The principle of least privilege is a foundational concept in database security that advocates for granting users the minimum level of access...
How to Avoid SQL Server Deadlocks: 5 Essential Steps for DBAs
Understanding SQL Server Deadlocks In SQL Server management, deadlocks are a common yet frustrating issue that can disrupt database performance. A...
We are excited to announce the General Availability of DB PowerStudio 18.7
IDERA’s DB PowerStudio provides a powerful cross-platform toolset for database development, tuning, and management. New benefits DB PowerStudio...
Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.3
The newest version of SQL Compliance Manager is here! SQL Compliance Manager enables you to proactively monitor, alert, and report on the compliance...
5 Key Data Security Measures to Protect Your SQL Server
Essential Data Security Measures to Avoid Data Breaches Data breaches have become an increasingly significant threat to organizations of all sizes,...
Backup SQL Server: Essential Tools and Strategies
Don’t Take Chances - Backup Your SQL Data! With an overwhelming amount of blog posts, news articles, LinkedIn horror stories, and water cooler chats...
How to Successfully Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database
Learn about SQL Server to Azure migration and follow these procedures for a trouble-free migration process If you’re thinking about migrating your...
Improving Your SQL Server Backup Recovery
Create a solid recovery plan. A critical part of your backup process needs to include recovery procedures. You should have a rehearsed recovery...
Prevent SQL Injection Attacks and Data Breaches
Don’t Be a Victim. Stay Ahead of These Top SQL Security and Compliance Threats You don’t have to be a DBA in the trenches to know that there have...
Macros – Add even more custom properties
This post follows the previous one, “Macros – Add custom properties to specific objects”, where we shared scripts to automatically bind Attachments to ER Objects….
A User-Centric Tuning Philosophy
Collaborative Holistic Tuning of the Application Stack When planning for this blog, I deliberated over the title much more than anyone should ever...
Macros – Add custom properties to specific objects
Sometimes, you may need to specify custom properties for various objects such as Entities, Tables, Attributes, etc. The macros I’ll be sharing in this post,…