Advice I Like: Pyramid Schemes
If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a pyramid scheme – from Excellent Advice for Living For sure. As much as I am...
2026-01-02
18 reads
Blog Posts
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t do this natively, as this really needs an XEvent session. I decided to see if...
2026-01-02 (first published: 2025-12-17)
2,093 reads
Why Optimize CPU for RDS SQL Server is a game changer
One feature that I have been waiting for years! The new announcement around optimize CPU for RDS SQL Server is a game changer because it lets you right-size vCPUs...
2026-01-02 (first published: 2025-12-11)
457 reads
Patch Tuesday – Where to get more information
For a number of years I have subscribed to Randy Franklin Smith's Patch Tuesday newsletter. It tends to hit my inbox in the wee hours of Wednesday.
2025-12-31 (first published: 2025-12-10)
235 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been posting at the Straight Path Solutions site recently), but I did want to reply to...
2025-12-31 (first published: 2025-12-10)
305 reads
2025 Wrapped for Steve
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I had a series of posts (health, music, reading, speaking, travel). This year, I took last...
2025-12-29
17 reads
Flyway Tips: Automation Assistance in Flyway Desktop
I was chatting with the product managers at Flyway and one asked me whether I’d seen the new tab for Automation in Flyway Desktop. I hadn’t and decided to...
2025-12-29 (first published: 2025-12-08)
162 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #193 - Notes to Self
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month. This month, Mike Walsh
(blog) asks us:
Write two short notes to yourself. One to the...
2025-12-29 (first published: 2025-12-09)
231 reads
A Note and a Message: T-SQL Tuesday #193
This month Mike Walsh hosts T-SQL Tuesday. It’s been quite some time since he hosted (back at #4), but he answered my call for hosts and I appreciate that....
2025-12-26 (first published: 2025-12-09)
221 reads
Power BI, Excel, OneLake – Dreams Do Come True!
I can’t believe it’s finally here! A way to have Excel live in OneDrive and access it from Power BI nearly live! We can officially short cut files to...
2025-12-26 (first published: 2025-12-05)
366 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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...
Forums
Expanding into Print
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Expanding into Print
Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
The String Distance I
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The String Distance I
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
Assume preview features are enabled. See possible answers