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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Blog Posts
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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Learning from Mistakes: T-SQL Tuesday #194
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of the holidays and forgot to check on my host. Luckily, Louis Davidson (who did have...
2026-01-21 (first published: 2026-01-20)
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Blogs
Finally Cleaning Up Dropbox: Moving Almost a TB to Google Drive with rclone
By davebem
I’ve had a Dropbox account for years. Like a lot of people, I started...
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 4
By Zikato
Someone hacked Digitown's municipality and stole classified documents. 45 million rows of router traffic,...
EightKB 2026 – Schedule and Registration
Hello Hello, We. Are. Back! The schedule for EightKB 2026 Edition has been announced!...
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Displaying Money
I want to get the currency sign displayed with my amount stored in a money type. Does this work?
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