The PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Recap
It’s Monday. I’ve been home since Fri night, but with a busy weekend, I’m still recovering from the PASS Data Community Summit. There’s a nice wrap from the crew,...
2025-11-26
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The Voice of the DBA
A Quick Look at Redgate Data Modeler
Redgate acquired a data modeling tool from Vertabelo recently and I wanted to explore how it works. This is a short look at this tool and how it might...
2025-11-24
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A New Word: Dead Reckoning
dead reckoning– v. intr. finding yourself bothered by somebody’s death more than you would have expected, even if they were only an abstract presence in your life, like a...
2025-11-21
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Finding the Last Last Name in SQL: #SQLNewBlogger
I wrote a piece on the new SUBSTRING in SQL Server 2025 and got asked a question. How do we get the last last name, such as only getting...
2025-11-19
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SQL Server 2025 GAs Today
If you aren’t watching the Ignite keynotes today, then you might have missed the announcement that SQL Server 2025 officially releases today. The main SQL Server page gives you...
2025-11-18
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The Roundup for T-SQL Tuesday #192
Last week I asked you to write about SQL Server 2025 and what things you might be looking forward to in the new version. First, as usual, is Rob...
2025-11-18
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Advice I Like: Failure
If it fails where you thought it would fail that is not a failure. – from Excellent Advice for Living This is a great quote, especially for those of...
2025-11-14
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SQL Server 2025 RegEx and AI
One of the language changes in SQL Server 2025 that I’ve seen a lot of people mention is the addition of RegEx functions to T-SQL. I decided to take...
2025-11-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #192: SQL Server 2025 Backup Changes
I hosted this month, but I decided to put my own entry in as well. There are more things in this release than I expected, probably because of the...
2025-11-11
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Monday Monitor Tips: ServiceNow Integration
Earlier this year I visited a customer that was using the Redgate Monitor webhook to integrate with ServiceNow. However, they were also trying to integrate in a richer way...
2025-11-14 (first published: 2025-11-10)
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Blogs
Dry-run xp_delete_file Before Actually Deleting Files?
By SQLPals
Dry-run xp_delete_file Before Actually Deleting Files? xp_delete_file doesn’t really have a...
Happy Thanksgiving! (USA Holiday)
By Brian Kelley
In the United States, today is Thanksgiving. The intent behind the holiday is to...
Getting SQL Server 2025 RTM Running in Containers on macOS
SQL Server 2025 RTM is here, and if you’re running Docker on macOS, you...
Forums
Cannot execute SQL cursor in Azure Query Editor (Preview)
Apologies if this is posted in the wrong forum, but I am trying to...
SQl Server 2014 linked server remote server
Hello all, I have a linked server created on an instance which only has...
Find all the tables in a database containing particular column value
Hi, I want to find all the tables name under a database where tables...
Question of the Day
The Ending Substring
In Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2025, if I run this, what is returned?
SELECT '[' + SUBSTRING('Steve Jones', 7) + ']' See possible answers