SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 is end of life on 9 July 2019
Next month, Microsoft is ending five years of extended support on SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2. This follows five years of mainstream support before that. You...
2019-06-26
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Blog Posts
Database File Changes
Data professionals around the globe are frequently finding themselves occupied with figuring out why and when a file (data or log) for a database has changed in size. Whether...
2019-06-25
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From Evangelist to Advocate
It’s time for a little bit of change to occur. I am no longer a Product Evangelist for Redgate Software. No, they haven’t fired me and I haven’t quit....
2019-06-25
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Joker’s Wild
This past weekend I had a blast presenting Joker’s Wild with Erin Stellato (blog|twitter), Andy Mallon (blog|twitter), and Drew Furgiuele (blog|twitter). Watch it here! Table of contents: What is...
2019-06-25 (first published: 2019-06-11)
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Managing Cross-Database Dependencies in Builds (Redgate video)
Building your database code is an essential practice to ensure that it compiles from source and that dependencies are met. But things can get tricky when you have objects...
2019-06-25
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Multiple Identity Inserts
Watch this week's video on YouTube
This week I want to share something that surprised me about using SQL Server's SET IDENTITY_INSERT statement.
I started with two tables with identity columns...
2019-06-25
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Multiple Identity Inserts
Watch this week's video on YouTube
This week I want to share something that surprised me about using SQL Server's SET IDENTITY_INSERT statement.
I started with two tables with identity columns...
2019-06-25
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Setting Up Power BI Row Level Security
In this webinar I discussed designing a Power BI model to plan for either a simple or complex row level security scenario.
2019-06-25
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2019
I am proud to announce that I am presenting at this year’s PASS Summit conference, to be held in Seattle WA from November 5th to 8th at the Washington...
2019-06-25
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Weekly reading #19
Good afternoon folks! It is Monday Tuesday already after a long weekend in Poland. I do not know what temperature you have but here we are like in a...
2019-06-25
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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