Recipe 6: Auditing Successful Logins
Welcome to a new recipe of this Extended Events cookbook! You will find the first blog post of the series here and you can browse all recipes with the...
2022-02-28
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Execution Plan - Displays Estimated and Actual number of rows
This article focuses on getting the Displays Estimated and Actual number of Rows from the SQL Server Execution Plan. Read More
2022-02-28 (first published: 2022-02-16)
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T-SQL Linting in an Azure Devops Build Pipeline
Linting is a process where a code analyzer is run to find programmatic errors, bugs, “stylistic constructs” or anti-patterns. For example, in Python there are specific modules that help...
2022-02-28
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Published Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services Revealed - Second Edition
I’m super proud to announce that Ben E. Weissman and I have published Azure Arc-Enabled Data Services Revealed - Second Edition available now at Apress and your favorite online...
2022-02-26
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Daily Coping 25 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-25
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DirectQuery to Power BI Datasets
A new feature has been added to the Power BI Desktop toolset and it’s a very nice one. The official name is “DirectQuery for PBI datasets and AS”. It...
2022-02-25
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OLTP Star, Snowflake, and Galaxy Schemas
This is part of a series on my preparation for the DP-900 exam. This is the Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, part of a number of certification paths. You can...
2022-02-25 (first published: 2022-02-09)
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You can’t use GO in dynamic SQL.
This is one of those things that when I look back on it seems really obvious. Note: If at the ... Continue reading
2022-02-25 (first published: 2022-02-10)
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Daily Coping 24 Feb 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-02-24
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I’m writing a SQL Server security presentation and I need your help.
I’m working on a new presentation titled Watch Ken solve security headaches in SQL Server. In this presentation I’m going ... Continue reading
2022-02-24
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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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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?