PASS Summit is almost here
This is my second trip to Seattle for the annual bash. Last year I was a newbie. I did not...
2011-10-07
1,455 reads
Roy Ernest
Who says you cannot mix business with pleasure?
There is an advice out there that says never to mix business with pleasure. It is not true in all...
2011-09-21
2,007 reads
One hectic month ahead
The SQL Pass community summit is just around the corner. There is so little time and so much to do....
2011-09-07
1,385 reads
Why you should blog more
I was trying to write an article for a long time. Every time I start writing one, I would put...
2011-09-01
1,236 reads
I am a Big Bro
The first time I did any volunteering work for PASS was last year at the Summit. I enjoyed doing it....
2011-08-15
1,660 reads
Exceptional DBA of the Year 2011 - Please vote for Jeff Moden
Every year Redgate has a competition to find the most
exceptional DBA of the year. This year too they are conducting....
2011-07-27
1,599 reads
Why you should ask your CTO to attend the User group meetings.
When we (Bill Wunder and me) started our user group, the first person we invited to sign up to our...
2011-05-06
1,854 reads
Confessions of a DBA – Part 4
This is the last part of my confession series since this is showing me only in negative light. I wish...
2011-04-19
1,261 reads
Confessions of a DBA – Part 3
After reading this confession, I am sure almost every DBA is going feel a churn in their stomach. They are...
2011-04-14
2,051 reads
Confessions of a DBA – Part 2
How I caused a fifteen minutes of blocking.
This particular incident happened when I joined this company. I joined this company...
2011-04-12
1,338 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,...
Forums
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