Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals will take place! This hands-on session is designed to help DBAs, developers, and consultants...
2026-02-02
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At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better at their jobs. Everyone is asking for AI, as well as the ability to turn...
2026-02-02 (first published: 2026-01-23)
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I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025 in Kubernetes the other day and noticed something…the sqlservr process is no longer PID 1...
2026-02-02 (first published: 2026-01-23)
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I’m not trying to start up a debate whether you should use tabs or spaces when indenting code. Personally, I prefer spaces because when I copy the code to...
2026-01-30 (first published: 2026-01-19)
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I was listening to the radio the other day and the hosts were discussing the NFL playoffs in 2026. Someone mentioned the winningest coach was Nick Sirianni of the...
2026-01-30 (first published: 2026-01-21)
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In a previous post, I deployed a model to a database using SQL Compare 16. This used a new feature in that connects to Redgate Data Modeler. In this...
2026-01-28
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I remember a meeting where a client’s CEO leaned in and asked me, “So, we have tons of data… Why can’t we just add AI and call it a...
2026-01-28 (first published: 2026-01-14)
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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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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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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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By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
By Steve Jones
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage...
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What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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