A New Word: Semaphorism
semaphorism – n. a conversational hint that you have something personal to say on the subject but don’t go any further – an emphatic nod, a half-told anecdote, an...
2026-11-13
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semaphorism – n. a conversational hint that you have something personal to say on the subject but don’t go any further – an emphatic nod, a half-told anecdote, an...
2026-11-13
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Next year the PASS Data Community Summit is in DENVER! and London, but Denver is the big news. My hometown and I’m excited. And tickets are cheaper. $799 now,...
2026-11-11
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Yesterday was the first day of sessions at the PASS Data Community Summit (after pre-cons on Monday). It’s a smaller event, but fun and more intimate. A few long...
2026-11-11
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This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and also has agreed to start taking over some of the T-SQL Tuesday management. Mike Walsh...
2026-11-10
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I’m really excited about some growth in Flyway support. I’ve been asking about this for some time and we now have Databricks and Snowflake support. I’ve been working with...
2026-11-09
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We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate – 2012 edition, the book opens with a photo album of the early years. We’ve got...
2026-11-06
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I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new Fixed Server roles added to SQL Server. They are supposed to help ensure the principle...
2026-11-04
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I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that often. Mainly I do some SQL Server or Azure SQL experimentation. Sometimes I might create...
2026-11-11 (first published: 2026-11-02)
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This month I want to look at a few of the things I’ve seen posted about cars during the last month. These are a few headlines, as well as...
2026-10-30
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I was looking over the CHOOSE() function while editing an article at SQL Server Central. I realized there isn’t a documentation note on how many parameters can be included....
2026-11-06 (first published: 2026-10-28)
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By Steve Jones
semaphorism – n. a conversational hint that you have something personal to say on...
This week I was at PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle, and I attended...
By James Serra
(This is the third post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
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I have a table, dbo.bittest, where I am testing an application response. This has this structure:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[BitTest] ( [insertdate] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF__BitTest__insertd__300F11AC] DEFAULT (getdate()), [a] [bit] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOMy application runs this code:
INSERT dbo.BitTest
(
insertdate,
a
)
VALUES
(DEFAULT, 'true')
GO
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