The Variable Priority

Adding Copilot to Azure Data Studio and a Few Experiments

As a part of a recent Data Exposed that I was on, there was an ADS update which mentioned Copilot being added. Since I’ve been experimented, I decided to...

Code Building Code

Using code to help you write code is a time honored tradition in software development.

Restoring With Standby

Searching for People

Inside Redgate Software, someone posted a picture and was asking if anyone knew who the person was. In this case, there had been a conversation at an event, and...

Fill Out The State of the Database Landscape Survey and Maybe Win

If you’re like me, you sometimes wonder how different other environments are from the one I work in. Well, the ones I used to work in. These days I...

A Bundle of Changes

Using Clear Language to Avoid Confusion

Communication can be challenging when we don't work closely with others. Steve draws a comparison with a popular children's show in the US.

Which Schema is Queried First?–#SQLNewBlogger

I had to test something for a customer, and as a part of this there as a need to have a different default schema for a user. I wrote...

A New Word: Aubadoir

aubadoir – n. the outworldly atmosphere just before 5 am, when the bleary melodrama of an extremely late night becomes awkwardly conflated with the industrious flourescence of a very...