Comparing two query plans
This month my friend Michael J Swart(b/t) would like us to talk about the new 2016 version of SQL Server....
2016-06-20 (first published: 2016-06-14)
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Kenneth Fisher
Help! My backup file has doubled in size.
Help! I backed up my database yesterday and the backup file was about 200MB but today it’s closer to 400!...
2016-06-16
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Using LEN wrong.
I was reading someone’s question the other day on StackExchange and while the existing comments/questions solved the OP’s (original poster)...
2016-06-10 (first published: 2016-06-02)
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Comparing the contents of two tables Redux
I did a post the other day on comparing two tables. It was meant as a general overview but I...
2016-06-08
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I need help with DBCC
Many years ago during an interview I was asked to “Name the top 7 DBCC commands that you use.” I...
2016-06-06
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Master_Views: master_objects, master_tables, etc
There is a highly useful system view called sys.master_files. If you’ve never encountered it before it returns a list of...
2016-06-01 (first published: 2016-05-23)
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I hate saying no
I really do. There is a joke that DBAs say no to everything and there is some truth to that....
2016-05-31
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Connecting to Azure SQL Database
Recently I created my first Azure SQL Database. But now I need to connect to it.
You can connect using...
2016-05-25
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RAID your backups
Let’s start with a very brief definition of some RAID levels.
RAID 0 : Stripe your data across multiple disks. Writing a...
2016-05-24 (first published: 2016-05-16)
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Re-Evaluating Best Practices
I was reading a blog post from my friend Randolph West (b/t) on Best Practices and a thought struck me.
Starting...
2016-05-18
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Generating Migration Script Names
By Steve Jones
AI is a big deal in 2026, and at Redgate, we’re experimenting with how...
The Book of Redgate: Get the right stuff done
By Steve Jones
Another of our values: The facing page has this quote: “We admire people who...
Runing tSQLt Tests with Claude
By Ed Elliott
Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow...
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Introduction of OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = ON
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The Long Name
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Question of the Day
The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?