My Toolbox - AI
I trusted AI to redesign this entire blog. The layout, the CSS, the deployment pipeline, the shortcodes. I use it to build home automation, organize my notes, fix my...
2026-06-24 (first published: 2026-06-07)
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Blog Posts
Prime Day Recommendations
It’s Prime Day. A few of my recommendations, since I want to do some shopping myself (yes, these are commissioned referrals). These are things I’ve ordered and used this...
2026-06-24 (first published: 2026-06-23)
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How AgentDBA Diagnoses SQL Server Issues Fast
Not every production incident is a database in RECOVERY_PENDING or a corrupted event (like the other post). Sometimes the server is just a mess. Jobs failing. Error log full...
2026-06-23 (first published: 2026-06-22)
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AI in SQL Server vs PostgreSQL: Vector Search, Embeddings, and RAG Compared
Both SQL Server and PostgreSQL are moving fast into AI territory — and if you manage either (or both), you've probably wondered how they compare when it comes to...
2026-06-22 (first published: 2026-06-08)
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Monday Monitor Tips: AI Alert Analysis
We keep adding new AI capabilities to Redgate Monitor, where it makes sense. Check out this new feature we’ve added for alerts. This is a great addition to help...
2026-06-22 (first published: 2026-06-08)
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SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
The purpose of this article is to introduce a PowerShell script that I wrote and published on...
2026-06-19 (first published: 2026-05-29)
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T-SQL Tuesday #199: Back to the on-prem
It’s the second tuesday of the month, which means T-SQL Tuesday time! This month’s topic is chosen by myself, and it’s inspired by a blog post of Alexander Arvidsson....
2026-06-19 (first published: 2026-06-08)
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T-SQL Tuesday #199: Roundup
A good week ago I hosted the monthly T-SQL Tuesday blog party. I invited the community the blog about the idea of what would happen if we would need...
2026-06-19 (first published: 2026-06-18)
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Data Skew in Data Engineering: What It Is and How to Fix It
You kick off a distributed job expecting it to finish in minutes — but one task keeps running while all others have long since completed. The culprit is almost...
2026-06-17 (first published: 2026-06-01)
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Error Deploying GraphQL in Fabric: dm_exec_describe_first_result_set
A while ago we suddenly had an error while trying to deploy one Fabric workspace to another using fabric-cicd. The issue was with a GraphQL object and the following...
2026-06-17 (first published: 2026-06-01)
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Blogs
SSMS Is Getting Smarter—and This Isn’t Just About Writing SQL
Continuing with my takeaways from SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, let’s talk about...
Yippee-Kai-Yay 2027 Summit in Denver
By Steve Jones
Next year the PASS Data Community Summit is in DENVER! and London, but Denver...
PASS Data Community Summit 2026
By Steve Jones
Yesterday was the first day of sessions at the PASS Data Community Summit (after...
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Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers