Thank you to @MrDenny
I wanted to take a quick moment to thank Denny Cherry for selecting me for Speaker Idol this year.
For...
2016-10-29
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Daniel Janik
Read this before using SQL 2016 Temporal Tables
I’ve been testing the new Temporal Tables feature over the past day to see about using it in one of...
2016-10-26 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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Why I don’t love SELECT INTO
Long ago there were locking / blocking problems with the SELECT INTO statement. That’s not the case anymore and for AdHoc...
2016-10-20
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Making the case for CamelCase naming
Coding and database standards like a religion or politics. Some people are fanatics and others really don’t care whatsoever. Getting...
2016-10-17 (first published: 2016-10-10)
3,857 reads
An observation about Unicode in SQL Server Management Studio
A week or so ago I read a blog post and tweet about using an emoji in SQL Server. This...
2016-10-14 (first published: 2016-10-02)
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A quick note comparing ISNULL vs COALESCE
There are hundreds of blogs that compare the T-SQL ISNULL function with the ANSI standard COALESCE function. There are also...
2016-10-13
1,285 reads
Off-topic: If you’re in Texas and 18+ yrs old
Today is the last day to register to vote in Texas. I’m not sure about other states in the US...
2016-10-11
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Understanding the new MAXDOP settings in SQL 2016
If you have just begun using SQL Server 2016 or you have been using it for a while now you...
2016-10-05
3,085 reads
SQL 2016 SSMS memory leak?
Has SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) been crashing on you? Have you been getting Out of Memory messages when attempting...
2016-10-04
7,244 reads
I’m speaking at SQL PASS 2016 (Speaker Idol)
It’s always been my dream to speak at SQL PASS Summit. It’s a tough egg to crack. In my experience...
2016-09-29
778 reads
Blogs
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
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Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers