Limit the Blast Radius

AI can go off the rails, as we see in a recent story about an LLM deleting a production database.

PASS Europe comes to Frankfurt

PASS Europe comes to Frankfurt, Germany on June 10-11, 2026.

QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger

Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A colleague was having some trouble with the code, but what struck me was that I...

QUOTENAME Quote Parameters

SQL Server 2016 Build List

A list of all builds for SQL Server 2016. Updated with CU2 for SP2 and CU10 for SP1.

SQL Server 2017 Build List

A list of builds for SQL Server 2017.

SQL Server 2019 Build List

A list of build versions for SQL Server 2019

SQL Server 2022 Build List

This is a list of the builds for SQL Server 2022. There are other build lists available here. A list of all the builds that I can find and install on my Build VM. If you find a build not listed here, please let the webmaster know (webmaster at sqlservercentral.com). All builds are listed in reverse […]

SQL Server 2025 Build List

This is a list of the builds for SQL Server 2025. There are other build lists available here. A list of all the builds that I can find and install on my Build VM. If you find a build not listed here, please let the webmaster know (webmaster at sqlservercentral.com). All builds are listed in reverse […]

A Redgate Data Modeler Gotcha with Relationships

This happened to me recently after being busy with non-data modeling tasks for a few weeks. I went to add a relationship and was confused about the behavior. Read...