The Book of Redgate: Ingeniously Simple
Redgate has been known for many useful tools that are easy to use. We’ve tried to do that in all our point tools. We talk about simplicity all the...
2025-06-13 (first published: 2025-06-06)
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Blog Posts
The Third Sabbatical
I can’t believe I’ve been at Redgate long enough to get a third sabbatical. I’ve very lucky to have this job, still enjoy it, and get the benefit. I’ve...
2025-06-13
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Vertically scaling SQL Server online in Kubernetes
One of the new features in Kubernetes v1.33 is the ability to resize CPU and memory resources for containers online, aka without having to recreate the pod the container...
2025-06-13 (first published: 2025-05-22)
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India-US Tariff War: Is the Indian IT Sector at Risk?
How U.S.-India Tariff Disputes Could Ripple Through the Indian IT Sector Although the newly imposed U.S. tariffs—such as the 26% duty on select Indian exports—don’t directly target India’s IT...
2025-06-12
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Save BIG on Microsoft Azure Certification – Up to 100% Off!
🌟 Why Microsoft Azure Certifications Are Beneficial for Your Career 🗓️ How to Schedule and Appear for Azure Certification Exams Microsoft Azure Certification Corporate Discounts: How to Save Up...
2025-06-12
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Free Webinar – Build a data warehouse on Azure Data Platform for $150
I’m presenting a free webinar at MSSQLTips.com at Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 6PM UTC (8PM CET or 2PM EDT). The abstract: As you might learn from the abstract,...
2025-06-11
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Modifying a Trigger to Capture More Info: #SQLNewBlogger
I had someone ask me about using triggers to detect changes in their tables. This is a second post looking at triggers, in this case, modifying my trigger to...
2025-06-11
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Query Hints and Estimated Plans
I’m working on an update to my Query Performance Tuning book for SQL Server 2025 and I found myself wondering, will a query hint be immediately apparent in an...
2025-06-11 (first published: 2025-05-26)
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SQL Server Login Types: Knowing the Difference Really Matters
If your SQL Server has both SQL and Windows logins and you’re not sure why, you’re not alone. Many IT teams without a dedicated DBA bump into this sooner...
2025-06-11 (first published: 2025-05-21)
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T-SQL Tuesday #187–Solving Problems
This month we have a great invite from Joe Fleming, a first time host of T-SQL Tuesday. Joe reached out when I requested some hosts and I’m glad he...
2025-06-10
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Blogs
A New Word: Foilsick
By Steve Jones
foilsick – adj. feeling ashamed after revealing a little too much of yourself to...
Accelerated Database Recovery for tempdb in SQL Server 2025
Accelerated database recovery was introduced in SQL Server 2019 and provides fast recovery, instantaneous...
Measuring What Matters: Operationalizing Data Trust for CDOs
By Chris Yates
Trust is the currency of the data economy. Without it, even the most advanced...
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count the number of NULLs in a row
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