Derby City Data Days
It was awesome to see the Kentucky data community come out for the first Derby City Data Days in Louisville, KY! Bringing together communities from Ohio, Tennessee, and Kentucky,...
2024-04-16
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Blog Posts
Familiar Sights
Yesterday was a long day in London. I arrived late in the am, and as I was walking from the plane to the border check, I went down the...
2024-04-16
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How Do You Decide What to Learn?
There are so many choices and so little time. How do you go about deciding what to learn? I have to delicately balance everything I think I want to...
2024-04-15 (first published: 2024-04-02)
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Tomorrow: Webcast on SQL Server security
Tomorrow, April 16, 2024, I will be giving another webcast; this one will be on SQL Server security. It’s scheduled for 1 PM EDT / 5 PM UTC. Sign...
2024-04-15
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When was my SQL Server Database Last Accessed?
Your boss walks up to you one morning and says, “Hey, I wanna list of all of our databases and when they were last accessed”. If you’ve got some...
2024-04-15 (first published: 2024-04-02)
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A New Word: the Wends
the wends– n. the frustration that you’re not enjoying an experience as much as you should, which prompts you to try plugging in various through combinations to trigger anything...
2024-04-12
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The London Redgate Summit Comes on Apr 17
I’m heading to the UK in a few weeks for the London Redgate Summit. This starts a wild period of travel for me, but I’m excited. This is the...
2024-04-12 (first published: 2024-04-03)
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What is data classification, and why is it important?
The benefits of data classification and the features of a tool like Microsoft Purview, a unified data governance service. Data classification organizes data into categories based on its type,...
2024-04-12 (first published: 2024-04-02)
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Bringing the Redgate Seminar to Brisbane
We’ve been on a Redgate tour this year, running lots of events to interest, educate, and inspire customers. We know that there are challenges in building and operating database...
2024-04-10
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How I use Terraform to deploy my AWS amplify react js project
As a Software Engineer, I would like to deploy my AWS Amplify react js project using Terraform so that I can automate my workflow and eliminate any manual intervention...
2024-04-10 (first published: 2024-04-01)
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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