Execution Plan Shortcoming in Extended Events
I use Extended Events almost exclusively for capturing query metrics. They are the most consistent and lowest cost mechanism for...
2018-04-26 (first published: 2018-04-16)
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Grant Fritchey
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Presentation Tools
Let’s face it, the core of a presentation is you. Your knowledge and your ability to share that knowledge through...
2018-04-23
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GDPR, Database Backups, and the Right to be Forgotten
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating, there is no cause for any kind of panic when it comes...
2018-04-20 (first published: 2018-04-09)
3,435 reads
Desperation on the Forums
Grant talks about the challenges of helping people in online forums and getting them to learn rather than grab the first solution.
2018-04-16
139 reads
Privacy and Protection, By Design
With all the noise about the upcoming enforcement of GDPR, I know that people are starting to focus more on...
2018-04-11
434 reads
Buggy Whips 2.0
I recently found myself rereading a very old blog post of mine, from the very beginning of this blog, discussing...
2018-04-02
275 reads
YouTube Channel Update: March 30, 2018
Hey everyone!
Here’s the latest stuff on my new YouTube Channel. Please let me know if these videos are helpful. Also,...
2018-03-30
391 reads
Query Monitoring and the GDPR
I’ve been reading the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and discussing the ramifications of the beginning of enforcement with lots...
2018-03-28 (first published: 2018-03-19)
2,775 reads
Query Store and Automated Cleanup
Query Store has mechanisms for automatically cleaning your data. It is possible to cause them to break down. While presenting...
2018-03-26
490 reads
Every Single Execution Plan is an Estimated Plan
All the execution plans are estimated plans. All of them. There fundamentally isn’t any such thing as an “Actual” plan.
Where...
2018-03-14 (first published: 2018-03-05)
1,817 reads
Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
Forums
The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Your Value from a Conference
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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