Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge 2026 (formerly SQL Saturday Baton Rouge). The slides are here: Building an API with DAB...
2026-07-18
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Blog Posts
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I sure hope you want to learn. It’s been great for my career and it will...
2026-07-17 (first published: 2026-07-10)
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Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a shopping list of red flags I've learned to spot, from AI-generated code to SSMS map...
2026-07-17 (first published: 2026-07-07)
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The Book of Redgate: Products
We are product focused at Redgate Software. Here is another of our values that focused on this: The text on the next page is: Shipping something amazing is better...
2026-07-17
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Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array. The VM moved, the old volumes were destroyed, and nobody created a Protection Group on...
2026-07-17
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Do This Before You Contact Your SQL Server Consultant
Say you need outside help. You’ve exhausted all the things that you could do and, still, nothing works. So, you decide that calling in for help is the next...
2026-07-16
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KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 7
A fugitive cyber-criminal, a wingsuit, and 24 million flight records. Somewhere between Doha and Dublin, Krypto jumped between planes mid-air.
2026-07-16
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Microsoft MVP 2026: Ten Years on the Data Platform
I’m honored to announce that I’ve been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the tenth consecutive year, recognized in the Azure SQL and SQL Server technical areas under Data...
2026-07-16
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Azure – HorizonDB
As Open Source – PostgreSQL and AI is a growing and powerful DB system, AWS and Google already have AWS Aurora and Google AlloyDB, which are Cloud Native PostgreSQL...
2026-07-15 (first published: 2026-07-14)
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Building AgentDBA’s Slack Escalation
Until now, a CRITICAL finding did the right internal routing, but the last mile was a log line — useful for an audit trail, useless at 3am. v1.2.0 closes...
2026-07-15
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Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....
The Book of Redgate: Products
By Steve Jones
We are product focused at Redgate Software. Here is another of our values that...
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BIT_COUNT() III
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