About me
I have been developing software from my early teens and stayed with technology after leaving school. Initially focussing on software development, networking and IT support type roles, I found...
2017-05-03
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Art
VirtualBox SQL FCI - Given Network Name Is Unusable
The other day I needed to test some HADR requirements on my local machine so using VirtualBox, I created a...
2017-04-19
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VirtualBox SQL FCI – Given Network Name Is Unusable
The other day I needed to test some HADR requirements on my local machine so using VirtualBox, I created a 2 server Windows 2012 R2 failover cluster with shared...
2017-04-19
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Moved blog to Ghost
Another year, another blog update lol!... Last year I remember doing a significant version upgrade for my self-hosted Orchard CMS...
2017-04-12
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Moved blog to Ghost
Another year, another blog update lol!… Last year I remember doing a significant version upgrade for my self-hosted Orchard CMS software on the DiscountASP hosting platform and it all...
2017-04-12
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Apologies in advance
This is a quick post to apologise in advance if all my historical blog posts get republished.
Recently it appears that...
2017-04-06
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Olcot and Arratoon Ancestry
I have spent a fair amount of time researching the Olcot and Arratoon ancestry and I am very interested in the family tree, especially pre 1900 in India. If...
2017-04-03
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Pluralsight = Essential Training
Edit (11-Sep-2016) See comment that pricing tiers have been adjusted since this blog post
I've been aware of Pluralsight for a...
2016-09-11
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Pluralsight = Essential Training
Edit (11-Sep-2016) See comment that pricing tiers have been adjusted since this blog post I’ve been aware of Pluralsight for a couple of years and as I’m always looking...
2016-09-11
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Update duplicate xml attribute values to unique value
I was going through some really old blogging ideas and I stumbled over this one and seeing as I love...
2016-06-23
1,077 reads
Blogs
AI in SQL Server vs PostgreSQL: Vector Search, Embeddings, and RAG Compared
Both SQL Server and PostgreSQL are moving fast into AI territory — and if...
Monday Monitor Tips: AI Alert Analysis
By Steve Jones
We keep adding new AI capabilities to Redgate Monitor, where it makes sense. Check...
From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
By ReviewMyDB
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...
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Question of the Day
Converting Money
Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?
DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY; SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;See possible answers