SQL Server Data Services Announcement (Competitor to Amazon SimpleDB)
Mary Jo Foley reports that MS is signing up testers for a hosted SQL Server solution called SQL Server Data...
2008-03-06
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Blog Posts
Finding a Direction
I'm not a bg fan of long meetings. I used to try and plan an hour a week staff meeting...
2008-03-04
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Orlando Code Camp 2008 - Registration & Call for Speakers is Open
My friend Shawn Weisfeld is expecting more than 400 attendees at Orlando Code Camp this year. There will be at...
2008-03-04
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Compression
SQL Server 2008 brings with is a new set of features involving compression. At first I was assuming this was...
2008-03-03
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The Fun of Blogs
If you look at my blog roll Jeff Dunntemann is one of the ones recommend. Nothing about SQL Server there, but he...
2008-03-03
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SQL 2008 Schedule Slippage and SQL 2005 SP3
I've read with interest some of Steve's editorials about SQL 2005 SP3 and in large part agree with him that...
2008-03-02
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Documentation Value Formula (Part I)
As a DBA, documentation work is unavoidable, we need to do documentation about things we have done, for example, what...
2008-03-01
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New DBA type: Test DBA
In DBA world, usually two types of DBA are defined depending on what a DBA is focusing on, i.e. development DBA...
2008-02-29
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New Benchmarks
There are new TPC-E benchmarks available for SQL Server 2008. And it's not even out!!!!
The 3rd place, the IBM entry,...
2008-02-28
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Notes From My Visit with the Charlotte SQL Group
I'm headed back to Orlando after a quick trip to Charlotte. Flew in yesterday and spent some time with my...
2008-02-28
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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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No Defaults Passwords Ever
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Introduction of OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = ON
Hi, We have low latency high volume system. I have a table having 3...
The Long Name
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Question of the Day
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?