Kendra’s Top 3 Tips for Working Remotely
A guest editorial today from Kendra has a few tips for working from home.
2024-04-15 (first published: 2020-03-12)
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Down Tools Week 2020 (10 minute video/podcast episode)
In this episode of Dear SQL DBA, I talk about how Redgate runs "Down Tools Week," what I'm working on as part of the project, and how this has...
2020-08-21 (first published: 2020-08-06)
193 reads
Things That Shouldn’t Be Normal in Database Development (28 minute video/podcast episode)
Many people use entrenched processes for database development that have been in place so long that it’s hard to imagine doing it any other way. In this episode, I...
2020-08-11 (first published: 2020-07-30)
733 reads
Everything I Never Wanted to Know About Collation (14 minute video/podcast episode)
I'm not an expert on collation in SQL Server, but there are a few important facts which I've had to learn the hard way.
In this episode I share...
2020-07-27 (first published: 2020-07-16)
932 reads
How to Spell and Capitalize tempdb for SQL Server
No matter what I write in this post, some of y'all are going to tell me I'm wrong. That's inevitable, because I'm writing about tempdb: a database so complex...
2020-07-24 (first published: 2020-07-15)
628 reads
Why I’m Learning Git via the Command Line Interface
Today Kendra discusses the advantages of using a command line interface for Git.
2020-01-16
421 reads
The Case for Considering Git
Today we have a guest editorial from Kendra Little that looks at choosing a version control system as you adopt a Database DevOps software development process.
2019-04-19
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2019-03-05
883 reads
Why Redgate is Running a Database Development Disasters Contest?
Kendra Little explains why Redgate would like to hear your stories of how the database has been left behind.
2019-02-14
249 reads
2019-01-21
122 reads
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Resetting on the AI hype train
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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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