Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt could help me with some analysis. I was pleasantly surprised by how this went. This...
2026-01-16 (first published: 2025-12-31)
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Blog Posts
2026-01-14 (first published: 2026-01-05)
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SQL Server 2025 Developer Edition – One size fits all
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025, bringing big improvements to its main database engine. This version focuses on AI features and better performance, aiming to meet the needs of...
2026-01-14 (first published: 2026-01-05)
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How to Troubleshoot a Runaway Transaction Log File
Part of being a DBA is dealing with transaction logs that grow uncontrolled for some reason. This often gets raised to the DBA in the form of a drive...
2026-01-13
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FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for running containerized workloads. While Kubernetes is one of the best orchestration tools, it also presents...
2026-01-12 (first published: 2025-12-31)
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Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names. I had to test and discover if I could make things better, and I could....
2026-01-12
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Streamlining Azure VM Moves Into Availability Zones
One of the more frustrating aspects about creating an Azure virtual machine is that if you do not place it into an availability zone at deployment time, you’ve traditionally...
2026-01-12 (first published: 2025-12-15)
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A New Word: Fawtle
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only endears them more to you, in the way that impurities dissolved in water are what...
2026-01-09
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Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests, demands, suggestions, and more about how to add AI into our products and help developers...
2026-01-09
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Keeping MS Docs Up to Date
One of the things that I like about the SQL Server docs (MS Learn Docs) is that I can fix things I find wrong. For years we had downloaded...
2026-01-09 (first published: 2025-12-10)
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Blogs
Excellent article on securing msdb
By Brian Kelley
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's...
T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many...
When Do You Reach For A #temp Table?
I needed to do some research because there is more to #temp tables than...
Forums
jdbc auth failing to sql from sap's cloud middleware CPI
hi , our business partner is asking s4 sap api's for receivable info and...
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How to Work with On-Premises...
Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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