Deploying an Updated Model with SQL Compare 16
In a previous post, I deployed a model to a database using SQL Compare 16. This used a new feature in that connects to Redgate Data Modeler. In this...
2026-01-28
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Blog Posts
Getting Your Data GenAI-Ready: The Next Stage of Data Maturity
I remember a meeting where a client’s CEO leaned in and asked me, “So, we have tons of data… Why can’t we just add AI and call it a...
2026-01-28 (first published: 2026-01-14)
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Looking Back at the Redgate 2026 Company Kickoff
Last week I spent a few days in Cambridge, UK for the Redgate Company Kickoff. I landed at 1130a Monday and flew away at 1215p Thursday. I wish I...
2026-01-28 (first published: 2026-01-26)
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Runing tSQLt Tests with Claude
Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow isn’t just write tests, run tests, fix tests, run tests anymore, it is 2026 and...
2026-01-28 (first published: 2026-01-14)
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Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to boost memory or I/O, you had to scale the whole instance, paying for extra CPU...
2026-01-26 (first published: 2026-01-12)
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Learn Better: Pause to Review More
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
2026-01-26 (first published: 2026-01-13)
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SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have been working with data for over thirty years. I think that just means I am...
2026-01-23 (first published: 2026-01-12)
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Using Prompt AI to Help Setup Data Analysis
I used Claude to build an application that loaded data for me. However, there were a few others things I needed done to help me get the data ready...
2026-01-23 (first published: 2026-01-07)
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Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with Redgate Data Modeler. I decided to give it a try in this post. I’ll take...
2026-01-23 (first published: 2026-01-22)
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An LLM Saved My ATtiny85 From Certain Death
I almost ordered parts for a circuit that would have destroyed itself the instant I powered it on.
Instead, an LLM caught the critical flaw in my design, saving me...
2026-01-21 (first published: 2026-01-07)
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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...
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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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