Something About Nothing: NULL
You wouldn’t think that “nothing” would cause so many problems. But seriously, understanding how to correctly use NULLs is a...
2005-10-16
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Blog Posts
Blogging Is Hard
Why is that? My Database Daily editorial for this week focuses on that and I thought it would be interesting...
2005-10-14
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Remote Access
We typically have great weather in Colorado where I live, but we do get
snow. And occassionally it causes issues. Like...
2005-10-12
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Minor Panic
I know, I need some stuff posted about PASS and I'll get to it. My wife
was injured (she's ok) while...
2005-10-09
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Using the sa account -- Just say "NO!"
Aunt Kathi knows many of you do things you know are wrong, like rolling through stop signs, littering, and using the sa...
2005-10-04
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Thoughts about the future
So far my posts have been non-technical musings about my life outside of work. I guess it is time to...
2005-10-03
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Back home after PASS
The past week at PASS was more informative and fun than I could ever have imagined. By getting involved in the...
2005-10-01
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PASS 2005: Day Four
Day Four wrapped up SQL Pass 2005. As a first time attendee to this event, my head was swimming by...
2005-10-01
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PASS 2005: Day Three
Day Three of PASS had a decidedly better start than did the previous day. After finally figuring out the effective...
2005-09-29
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PASS 2005: Day One
This year, I have the opportunity to attend the SQL PASS event in Grapevine, Texas. This is my first PASS...
2005-09-28
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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?