2015-10-20
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Steve Jones
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2015-10-16
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SQL Source Control and Git–Getting Started
It seems as though Git is taking the world by storm as the Version Control System (VCS) of choice. TFS...
2015-10-15 (first published: 2015-10-05)
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The Poor Soul
What should those accidental DBAs do when they don't get any training, but they are responsible for database servers? Steve Jones has a few pieces of advice today.
2015-10-15 (first published: 2011-05-11)
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SQL Prompt Tips #1 - Selecting in the Object Explorer
A quick tip to help you get the most out of SQL Prompt.
2015-10-14 (first published: 2012-05-01)
1,668 reads
Learn to Use Filegroups
Filegroups are a feature of SQL Server that most people don't use, but they can help you to better manage your databases as your data requirements grow larger and larger.
2015-10-13 (first published: 2011-05-12)
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SQL Data Generator–Masking Production Data
I learned a new trick with SQL Data Generator that I wasn’t aware of previously. I think this is a...
2015-10-13 (first published: 2015-09-30)
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A tSQLt Mistake – Debugging a Test
While I was working on a test the other day, it kept failing. Not a big surprise, but I couldn’t...
2015-10-12
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A tSQLt Mistake – Debugging a Test
While I was working on a test the other day, it kept failing. Not a big surprise, but I couldn’t...
2015-10-12
437 reads
2015-10-09 (first published: 2014-03-21)
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
Forums
String_agg not working as needed
I'm trying to get this string_agg to put all the 'comments' into one result...
Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Odd Sequences
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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