Announcing Minion CheckDB release date!
Minion CheckDB is the third piece of our free backup and maintenance tools, rounding out the list with Minion Backup...
2016-11-28
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Jen McCown
Fight harassment: be the “Backup” at PASS Summit
Harassment is a problem at some of the conferences we go to. What can we, as attendees and speakers and...
2016-10-11
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Step by Step: WHERE, GROUP BY, and HAVING
People new to SQL often have trouble with the difference between WHERE, GROUP BY, and HAVING…three separate clauses in the...
2016-10-07
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PASS Summit 2016: Recommendations and Invitations (#sqlpass #sqlsummit)
The last week of October, we’ll be at the PASS Summit in Seattle, WA. As some of you already know – and as I...
2016-09-06
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October precon in Orlando: “The Lifecycle Approach: Maintenance Problems & Solutions”
On October 7 we will be presenting a full day of maintenance and backup learnin’! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sql-saturday-564-the-lifecycle-approach-maintenance-problems-solutions-tickets-26867268724 And while you’re at...
2016-09-05
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Conference speakers: Why do you teach at events?
I’ve put up a Twitter poll to find some answers to the question: Why do speakers teach at events? Especially at...
2016-08-29
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An MCM teaches COMMENTS at SQL Saturday OKC
Edit: SQL Sat OKC has come and gone, but the new session on comments is recorded and up on the MidnightDBA Events...
2016-08-26
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Slash star, dash dash: Be obsessive about comments
I’m working on a new session* that I’ve named “T-SQL’s Hidden Support Feature”. It’s about comments. I’ll get to the...
2016-08-12 (first published: 2016-08-08)
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Tricky TSQL: NOT IN (NULL)
We’ve done this before, but we can go one better this time. Let’s take this step by step. NULL means...
2016-08-11
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Feasel’s Grand Analysis of the PASS 600 mile radius rule
UPDATE: Last week, PASS announced an update to the 600 mile radius announcement: “…we will be piloting the 600-mile driving radius...
2016-08-10 (first published: 2016-08-01)
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Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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