A New Word: Aesthosis
aesthosis– n. the state of feeling trapped inside your own subjective tastes – not knowing why you find certain things beautiful or ugly, only that you do – wishing...
2024-03-01
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Blog Posts
EightKB 2024
EightKB is back! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is back in 2024…it’s all happening on August the 8th! We’ve open our call for speakers, you can submit...
2024-03-01 (first published: 2024-02-21)
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Friday Flyway Tips–Capture the Filegroup for Tables
A customer asked recently why Flyway doesn’t detect the filegroup for some changes. I showed them it does and decided to write a post on this. I’ve been working...
2024-03-01 (first published: 2024-02-16)
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Friday Flyway Tips–Quick Command Line Access
One of the things I had to do recently in a demo was access the Git command line. The way I did it impressed a customer, so I put...
2024-03-01
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Elevate Your Data Leadership: A Unique Intensive Learning Experience
I’ve collaborated with two industry experts to design a transformative course for data leaders: “The Technical and Strategic Data Leader.” This six-week intensive learning journey is crafted to elevate...
2024-02-28 (first published: 2024-02-16)
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T Sql Tuesday 170: Learning From Abandoned Projects
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month. I missed out on January 2024’s edition because I didn’t think I had anything...
2024-02-28 (first published: 2024-02-20)
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Humble Bundle of Java Books
I try to keep an eye on the Humble Bundle bundles for books. The bundles serve two great purposes: I was able to grab the Cybersecurity bundle, but by...
2024-02-26
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Knowing String Defaults in T-SQL–#SQLNewBlogger
For years I’ve assumed I knew the string defaults, but I realized that’s not right. This post looks at what I learned. Another post for me that is simple...
2024-02-26 (first published: 2024-02-14)
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There Is Insufficient Free Space on Disk Volume To Create the Database
I have been involved in countless database migrations. Most of the time I have access to the existing source servers and future destination servers. In cases where you have...
2024-02-26 (first published: 2024-02-15)
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#TSQL2sday 171 – Describe the Most Recent Issue You Closed
It’s #TSQL2sday time! This month’s invitation has been sent out by Brent Ozar and he asks us to describe the most recent issue – or the last ticket –...
2024-02-23 (first published: 2024-02-13)
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Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Forums
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale Level 6: Backup and Restore Internals
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale...
The Challenge of AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Challenge of AI, which...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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