Tech Chat with a Microsoft MVP Data Platform
I figured it would be nice to start up a weekly chat while everyone is on lock down. If it goes well I’m up to make this a regular...
2020-04-16
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Blog Posts
A Smattering of Thoughts About Applying Site Reliability Engineering principles
What's This about
I figured I'd go ahead and take this article which I've gutted several times and share some thoughts, even if it's not an authority on the topic....
2020-04-15 (first published: 2020-04-05)
295 reads
Daily Coping 15 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-15
15 reads
Remember this if you want to use sp_
Erik Darling, of Erik Darling Data (blog | Twitter) recently posted a very interesting video (my YouTube playlist is all Erik Darling Data videos and Honest Trailers). In this...
2020-04-15
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SSMS 18.5 Fixes from Redgate
I wrote yesterday about the issues with SSMS 18.5 and some of the add-ins from Redgate. I posted the release of the SQL Prompt fix (here: ). The teams...
2020-04-15 (first published: 2020-04-09)
1,763 reads
A culture of testing : T-SQL Tuesday #125
Happy T-SQL Tuesday again! Number 125. I can’t believe how long this thing has been running. In case you weren’t ... Continue reading
2020-04-14
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Daily Coping 14 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-14
40 reads
Disks performance in Azure
In our earliest post, we have discussed in detail about the factors that affect the disk performance and different types of disk offerings in the AWS platform. In this...
2020-04-14 (first published: 2020-04-05)
1,955 reads
Importance of Basics
Riding a bicycle
Imagine riding a bicycle and having zero knowledge how the handlebars are used for direction, how the brakes are applied for friction, how the pedals are used...
2020-04-14
41 reads
Transforming JSON data with the help of Azure Data Factory - Part 3
(2020-Apr-06) Traditionally I would use data flows in Azure Data Factory (ADF) to flatten (transform) incoming JSON data for further processing. Recently I've found a very simple but very effective...
2020-04-14 (first published: 2020-04-06)
7,558 reads
Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
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,...
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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