Looking Back at the Redgate 2026 Company Kickoff
Last week I spent a few days in Cambridge, UK for the Redgate Company Kickoff. I landed at 1130a Monday and flew away at 1215p Thursday. I wish I...
2026-01-28 (first published: 2026-01-26)
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Blog Posts
Runing tSQLt Tests with Claude
Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow isn’t just write tests, run tests, fix tests, run tests anymore, it is 2026 and...
2026-01-28 (first published: 2026-01-14)
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Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to boost memory or I/O, you had to scale the whole instance, paying for extra CPU...
2026-01-26 (first published: 2026-01-12)
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Learn Better: Pause to Review More
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
2026-01-26 (first published: 2026-01-13)
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SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have been working with data for over thirty years. I think that just means I am...
2026-01-23 (first published: 2026-01-12)
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Using Prompt AI to Help Setup Data Analysis
I used Claude to build an application that loaded data for me. However, there were a few others things I needed done to help me get the data ready...
2026-01-23 (first published: 2026-01-07)
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Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler
Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with Redgate Data Modeler. I decided to give it a try in this post. I’ll take...
2026-01-23 (first published: 2026-01-22)
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An LLM Saved My ATtiny85 From Certain Death
I almost ordered parts for a circuit that would have destroyed itself the instant I powered it on.
Instead, an LLM caught the critical flaw in my design, saving me...
2026-01-21 (first published: 2026-01-07)
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Learning from Mistakes: T-SQL Tuesday #194
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of the holidays and forgot to check on my host. Luckily, Louis Davidson (who did have...
2026-01-21 (first published: 2026-01-20)
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NVMe vs PVSCSI: Real-World Performance Testing for SQL Server Workloads on VMware
End-to-end NVMe vs PVSCSI testing over NVMe/TCP to a Pure Storage FlashArray: TPC-C and DiskSpd results and analysis.
2026-01-21 (first published: 2026-01-07)
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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