Synchronous vs Asynchronous
You’ll hear these terms thrown around in programming all the time, but what do they mean and why do we...
2016-10-24
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Kenneth Fisher
Installing SQLCMD
For anyone who wasn’t aware SQLCMD is a command line tool for running T-SQL statements and scripts. Before anyone says...
2016-10-19
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Using Snippets
A while ago I talked about Templates. This is an easy way to get a, well, template of a piece...
2016-10-17
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Too many indexes!
Indexes are great. They speed up our queries. In fact, without them relational database systems wouldn’t work.
Different indexes work best...
2016-10-13
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If backups are taken in silence can a recovery still take place?
My friend Andy Mallon (b/t) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month. In case you aren’t aware T-SQL Tuesday is a...
2016-10-11
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Pinned Tabs
It’s funny how easy it is to find information you aren’t looking for. A few weeks back Stephen Bennett (b)...
2016-10-10 (first published: 2016-09-27)
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Floor, Round, and Ceiling
I saw an interesting question today about rounding. Specifically they always wanted to round down. Now as it happens that...
2016-10-05
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A quick fix for a full identity column.
A while back I wrote a post on everything I knew about identity columns. In it I mentioned the following:
Negative...
2016-10-03 (first published: 2016-09-21)
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Becoming a Microsoft MVP
I was awarded the Microsoft MVP (data platform) award on Saturday.
On the four days a year (one per quarter) when...
2016-10-03
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Constant Data Types
Data types are an important part of how tables and variables work. Did you know that constants have databases too?
2016-10-03
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Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Forums
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale Level 6: Backup and Restore Internals
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale...
The Challenge of AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Challenge of AI, which...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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