A Non-Technical Reason to Not Use SELECT *
I got a merge a while back that included a change I wasn’t expecting from one of my developers. All they were doing was renaming a column on a...
2021-01-19
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Blog Posts
A Non-Technical Reason to Not Use SELECT *
I got a merge a while back that included a change I wasn’t expecting from one of my developers. All they were doing was renaming a column on a...
2021-01-19
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Azure SQL vCore vs DTU
If you are building database solutions in Azure , using Azure SQL Database then you will know that you have a purchasing option decision to make. That being should...
2021-01-19
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Daily Coping 19 Jan 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...
2021-01-19
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Power BI: Data Model Optimization
Saving the Day from Delay Part 1 Optimizing your data model can be a daunting task. If you read the intro to this series, you know one of the...
2021-01-19 (first published: 2021-01-13)
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Storage Tiers What SQL Server DBAs Need to Know
“One Gerbil, Two Gerbils or Three Gerbils?” is a common DBA joke about server and storage performance. No matter how many gerbils power your storage, you need to know...
2021-01-19
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 3 - CTE()
The next example is how to do a CTE (Common Table Expression). When creating the CTE I will also rename one of the columns from “dataType” to “x”.
T-SQL WITH...
2021-01-19
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 3 - CTE()
The next example is how to do a CTE (Common Table Expression). When creating the CTE I will also rename one of the columns from “dataType” to “x”.
T-SQL WITH...
2021-01-19
7 reads
T-SQL query to find the list of objects referring Linked Servers
T-SQL query to find the list of objects referring Linked Servers
2021-01-19 (first published: 2021-01-13)
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Daily Coping 18 Jan 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...
2021-01-18
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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...
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Transactional Replication setup issue
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The Power of Data and Privacy
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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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