The End of the Mentoring Experiment
Back in April 2011 Steve Jones and I launched The Mentoring Experiment. We had some ideas and some goals, but...
2014-05-29
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Blog Posts
We’re Giving Away SQLSaturday Orlando Vans!
We’re in full marketing mode here in Orlando, looking for ways to grow attendance for our next SQLSaturday coming up...
2014-05-29
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Auditing and Event SubClasses
A recent discussion got me to thinking about Auditing. To be honest, it got started with a complaint about some documentation that seemed overly light about the various fields...
2014-05-28
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Avoiding a split brain in database mirroring
You’re utilizing the database mirroring high-availability feature, configured to be in the High Safety mode with automatic failover, which means...
2014-05-28 (first published: 2014-05-22)
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Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 14
Quick notes today:
Event team likes first flyer (retro) better than the second one (doesn’t have enough why, doesn’t use space...
2014-05-28
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Complexity. How it is calculated.
What are the magic pink numbers you can see in Code Outline window?The answer is very simple - these are Code Complexity...
2014-05-28 (first published: 2014-05-23)
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How Does Disabling an Index Affect the Index Usage DMV Counters
A question was posted to #SQLHelp on Twitter asking, if disabling an Index would clear the index usage counters stored in the...
2014-05-28
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How Does Disabling an Index Affect the Index Usage DMV Counters
A question was posted to #SQLHelp on Twitter asking, if disabling an Index would clear the index usage counters stored in the SQL Server Dynamic Management Views(DMVs)? Great question! Not one...
2014-05-28
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 – Multiple Rows In Demand Forecast Table [FORECASTSALES] for each item
Why are there multiple rows for each item in the Demand Forecast Table in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012? This is...
2014-05-28
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PASS 2014 NomCom Candidates Announced
Eleven candidates for the nomcom this year, details at http://www.sqlpass.org/Elections.aspx. The NomCom campaign will open on June 2 and close...
2014-05-28
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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
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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?