The Book of Redgate: Hours
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of company I’d want to build if I founded another company. It’s a great place, and...
2026-09-11
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Blog Posts
Updating the Data API Builder
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to work with the MCP server capabilities. As I was trying to get this working, I...
2026-09-11 (first published: 2026-09-02)
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Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically provided by me,including examples.Grammarly to catch grammar and sentence construction errors. I did a presentation...
2026-09-09 (first published: 2026-08-27)
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Microsoft Fabric Data Agents: Bringing Structured and Unstructured Data Together
Most enterprise questions do not live neatly in one place. The numbers may be in a warehouse, the rules may be buried in PDF files, and the explanation may...
2026-09-09 (first published: 2026-09-03)
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Ten Years of PowerShell
Ten years ago today, I filmed a Pluralsight Play by Play on open source PowerShell. I was standing between Jason Helmick and Jeffrey Snover, trying very hard not to...
2026-09-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #202 - That One Outage You'll Never Forget
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month. This month, Marlon Ribunal
(blog) asks us to talk about that one SQL Server outage...
2026-09-08
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New article – migrating from a named instance
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to migrate to a default instance? Is there pushback on doing so? Are there concerns that...
2026-09-07 (first published: 2026-08-26)
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Using the SIGN() Function: #SQLNewBlogger
I was trolling the docs and noticed the SIGN() function. I have never written this in production code, but it is an interesting function. This post looks at where...
2026-09-07 (first published: 2026-08-26)
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The Book of Redgate: Evidence
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to be data driven. Across my 18 years, I’ve had plenty of people use evidence from...
2026-09-04 (first published: 2026-08-21)
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T-SQL Tuesday #201 Round-Up: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?
The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend or a foe, from full-throated defenses to a lab built to prove me wrong.
2026-09-04 (first published: 2026-08-25)
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
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Checking the Error Log II
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