Azure DB – A Quick Spelunk Into XEvents to Love
This is a very simple introduction into the creation of an Extended Event session using a template for Azure SQL DB. I demonstrate the use of the GUI to...
2022-01-02
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Blog Posts
Last Week Reading (2022-01-02)
? Press Efficient Upserts into Data Lakes with Databricks Delta When MERGE on data lake is inefficient. Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – part 1 With this...
2022-01-02
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Last Week Reading (2022-01-02)
?? Press Efficient Upserts into Data Lakes with Databricks Delta When MERGE on data lake is inefficient. Building a Data Mesh Architecture in Azure – part 1 With this...
2022-01-02
16 reads
Source Control – The Best GUI For Productivity
Source control is quintessential to a productive development environment. A well maintained and organized source control system is akin to having known-good database backups. Having the right tools to...
2022-01-02
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Memory – How to Find when Excess is a Bad Thing
Excessive memory grants are extremely problematic in SQL Server. These excessive grants do not just happen out of the blue. Memory grants are directly linked to the queries.
The post...
2022-01-01
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A Few #2021Wins
It’s the end of the year. I’m on vacation, celebrating time with family now, but I wanted to write this post. I got a prompt from LinkedIn last week...
2021-12-31
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Daily Coping 31 Dec 2021
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...
2021-12-31
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Memory – How to Find when Excess is a Bad Thing
Excessive memory grants are extremely problematic in SQL Server. These excessive grants do not just happen out of the blue. Memory grants are directly linked to the queries.
The post...
2021-12-31
378 reads
The Chili Shirt–Memories of Euan Garden
Early on in the history of SQL Server Central, we were offered the chance to work in a booth a TechEd and promote our little site. Brian Knight, Andy...
2021-12-31 (first published: 2021-12-13)
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Three-part virtual SQL Server learning this week
I’m thrilled to announce a three-part remote education event in conjunction with the Iowa SQL Server community! The topic is SQL Server IaaS and virtualization performance tuning, and it’s...
2021-12-31 (first published: 2021-12-12)
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Blogs
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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