Spring may be long gone but you still need to clean up MSDB
System databases are often neglected, part of this is due to Microsoft’s message of SQL Server will run and look...
2014-06-12
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 (SP2) RTM Is Now Available !
SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 (SP2) RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Service Pack...
2014-06-12
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SSIS Lessons Learned, Or Not, And Mistakes Beginners Make
It’s been a while since I’ve used SSIS for anything of substantial complexity, and a lot longer than that since...
2014-06-12
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VMware vSphere 5.5U1 NFS APD Patch Released
If you are running VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 1 and are using NFS-connected storage, update your hosts ASAP (test first,...
2014-06-12
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What is this default trace you speak of?
I frequently see the default trace mentioned in answers to forum questions, blog posts, articles, even training sessions. My knowledge...
2014-06-12
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Win a Free Copy of my Book - Getting Started with SQL Server 2014 Administration
Readers of my blog would be pleased to know that I have teamed up with Packt Publishing and we are...
2014-06-12
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ETL vs ELT Data Migration
ETL Process
Reporting databases need to consolidate data from across many applications within an organization. In order to successfully pull data...
2014-06-11
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SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Options
Working with Microsoft SQL Server for many years I have spent a lot of time discussing the importance of the...
2014-06-11 (first published: 2014-06-10)
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SQL Server with Red-gate SQL Source Control – Working folder management with TFS
I’ve already spoken about source controlling database using Visual Studio Online and Red-Gate SQL Source Control in this post. The described kind...
2014-06-11
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SQLSaturday in Vermont, Idaho, South Dakota, Montana, Alaska, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Wyoming
Did the list of states in the title catch your eye? That’s the list of states where PASS is trying...
2014-06-11
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Generating Migration Script Names
By Steve Jones
AI is a big deal in 2026, and at Redgate, we’re experimenting with how...
The Book of Redgate: Get the right stuff done
By Steve Jones
Another of our values: The facing page has this quote: “We admire people who...
Runing tSQLt Tests with Claude
By Ed Elliott
Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow...
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Introduction of OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = ON
Hi, We have low latency high volume system. I have a table having 3...
The Long Name
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Question of the Day
The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?