Setting Variables in Azure Data Factory Pipelines
(2018-Oct-15) Working with Azure Data Factory you always tend to compare its functionality with well established ETL packages in SSIS. Data...
2018-10-23 (first published: 2018-10-15)
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Blog Posts
Slides and Scripts from IT/Dev Connections
If you attended either of my presentations for this past IT/Dev Connections, here are the promised slides and scripts.
As I...
2018-10-23
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SQL Saturday Lincoln Precon this Friday Oct 26
I’m presenting an exciting preconference training session on Friday, October 26, ahead of the SQL Saturday in Lincoln, Nebraska. This...
2018-10-23
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SQL Server on Linux – External Memory Pressure with 2019 CTP2
In this blog post we’re going to revisit how SQL Server on Linux responds to external memory pressure. This is...
2018-10-23 (first published: 2018-10-13)
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Unexpected Shorthand Date Implicit Conversions
I do my best work in the mornings. Evenings are pretty good too once I get a second wind.
Late afternoon are my nemesis for getting any serious technical or...
2018-10-23
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Unexpected Shorthand Date Implicit Conversions
I do my best work in the mornings. Evenings are pretty good too once I get a second wind.
Late afternoon are my nemesis for getting any serious technical or...
2018-10-23
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Webinar: The end of support for SQL Server 2008
Coeo is a partner with Redgate Software. Tomorrow they are hosting a webinar on what your position will be if...
2018-10-23
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ASF 015: Kalen Delaney interview
Introduction Kalen Delaney has been working with SQL Server since 1987 when she joined the Sybase Corporation in Berkeley, California....
2018-10-22
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Azure SQL DB – Failed to update database because the database is read-only
Quite an interesting situation I found myself in where I was perplexed for about 5 minutes. I was connected to...
2018-10-22
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Database Fundamentals #19: JOINS
The last Database Fundamentals post introduced the SELECT and FROM commands. We’re going to start using JOIN operations shortly, but...
2018-10-22 (first published: 2018-10-08)
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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...
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The String Distance I
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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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