Poor Name Choice

Steve has a few thoughts on the names we choose for tables, columns, files, and more.

The Book of Redgate: What Our Customers Say

This is from 2010, but I loved that people felt this way about Redgate Software. A lot of these words are things that we aim to express to each...

T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: Substring Changes

This article takes a look at the changes in SQL Server 2025 to the SUBSTRING function.

T-SQL Tuesday #192 Invitation: SQL Server 2025 Excitement

It’s that time of the month again, and once again, I’m late and I’m hosting. I was traveling a lot in October and didn’t sort out hosting for this...

Architecting Power BI Solutions in Microsoft Fabric

Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Power BI are used by a wide range of professionals, creating diverse and complex scenarios, and finding the right solution can be daunting, especially when multiple approaches exist for a single use case. The author distills his 17 years of experience on various data platform technologies in this book to walk you through various Power BI usage scenarios.

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Back at Small Data SF in 2025

Today I’m in San Francisco at Small Data SF 2025. I went to the conference last year and thought it was a great event. Watching people talk about data...

Data > Hype

Most of us believe in the importance of data. Steve has a few thoughts on using data to determine if AI is helpful.

Slipstream parameters

Practice Until You Don't Get It Wrong

We will all make mistakes, but practice can help reduce the errors we cause.

The Last Good DBCC Run