The Data platform has evolved – so too must the DBA.
This blog post is around the changing landscape of both SQL Server and the people who are our trusted guardians of it – DBAs. If you have been involved...
2019-07-22
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“An installation package for the product Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client cannot be found” – during SQL Server 2017 install
This blog post is about a situation that initially perplexed me – I was installing SQL Server 2017 onto a new DEMO machine – running Windows Server 2019. This...
2019-07-19
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Quick 6 month check – how are those learning goals going…?
So in January I wrote a blog post on some goals I had this year: Some of my goals for 2019 It’s now July – how are things going?...
2019-07-19
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How to resolve ‘Login failed for user’ and sa password lost (Error 18456)
This blog post explains how to get into SQL Server if you have lost your sa password or you have...
2019-03-11 (first published: 2019-02-23)
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Can you speak at my User Group or Conference? No? Sweet As – can you help people register please?
This blog post is not going to be a technical one…. but it’s about technology – well more accurately about bringing...
2019-03-07
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Authentication considerations for your applications when migrating to Azure SQL Managed Instances
This blog post is related to my previous blog post on Azure SQL Managed Instances:
Azure SQL Managed Instance – full blown...
2019-01-29
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Azure SQL Managed Instance – full blown SQL Server in the cloud….?
This blog post is one that I have had percolating in the background since around November 2018.
My good mate John...
2019-01-29
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Some of my goals for 2019
In late December 2018 I had a discussion with Amanda Martin the PASS Community Manager around things that I would...
2019-01-03
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Adding a database running in a docker container to SQLTest
in my previous post I wrote about how easy it is to add the tSQLt unit test framework to your...
2018-12-29
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How to install the tSQLt unit test framework to start unit testing your database code
This blog post describes how easy it is to install the tSQLt framework.
Don’t know much about tSQLt? If you are...
2018-12-29
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Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
Forums
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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