A New Word: Dolorblindness
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s pain, only ever searching their face for some faint evocation of it, then rifling through...
2026-02-06
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Blog Posts
Advice I Like: Ranch Rules
Leave a gate behind you the way you first found it. – from Excellent Advice for Living This is a ranch rule. Leave something as you found it. If...
2026-02-06 (first published: 2026-01-30)
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PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Recap
This is long overdue but life and distractions happened. It’s been a little over two months since I returned home from PASS Summit 2025.
2026-02-06 (first published: 2026-01-26)
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Using AI for Git Hooks
Recently I had someone internally ask about whether SQL Source Control supports Git Hooks. Since it was after UK work hours, I decided to run a quick test. One...
2026-02-04 (first published: 2026-01-26)
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Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way to track security changes in your SQL Server instances. The first slice of this work...
2026-02-03 (first published: 2026-02-02)
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Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals will take place! This hands-on session is designed to help DBAs, developers, and consultants...
2026-02-02
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Flyway Tips: AI Helps with Commit Messages
At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better at their jobs. Everyone is asking for AI, as well as the ability to turn...
2026-02-02 (first published: 2026-01-23)
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Startup scripts in SQL Server containers
I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025 in Kubernetes the other day and noticed something…the sqlservr process is no longer PID 1...
2026-02-02 (first published: 2026-01-23)
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SSMS 22 still inserting tabs instead of spaces
I’m not trying to start up a debate whether you should use tabs or spaces when indenting code. Personally, I prefer spaces because when I copy the code to...
2026-01-30 (first published: 2026-01-19)
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Who’s the Winningest Coach (with AI Help)
I was listening to the radio the other day and the hosts were discussing the NFL playoffs in 2026. Someone mentioned the winningest coach was Nick Sirianni of the...
2026-01-30 (first published: 2026-01-21)
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Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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