WHAT IS A SPV?
Why am I focussing on RWA (real world assets) as the next big thing? The WEF predicted that by 2027, 10% of the world’s GDP could be stored on...
2024-08-09
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Blog Posts
6 Best SQL Training Courses for Beginners (2024 Updated)
We all know that choosing the right basic SQL training is absolutely crucial if you want your SQL journey to be a success story, especially when you're starting from...
2024-08-08 (first published: 2024-08-07)
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Beyond Avatars: How Gravatar is Transforming Online Identity
Seven things every WordPress user should know about Gravatar
2024-08-08
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Clearer Writing at Your Fingertips: Introducing Write Brief with AI (Beta)
From the team at Jetpack AI comes a new tool that will improve your writing in a flash.
2024-08-08 (first published: 2024-08-06)
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DevOps Days Minneapolis–Best Practices for Database Deployments
Thanks to everyone who attended, though with one stage I had a fairly captive audience. I enjoyed the event and look forward to coming back to the Twin Cities...
2024-08-08
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Classifications and sensitivity labels in Microsoft Purview
I see a lot of confusion on how classifications and sensitivity labels work in Microsoft Purview. This blog will help to clear that up, but I first must address...
2024-08-07 (first published: 2024-07-24)
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Simple Talks–Episode 3
The third episode of Simple Talks is out. This is the new Redgate podcast from myself, Grant, Ryan, and Louis. The main page is here, and it has links...
2024-08-07
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T-SQL Tuesday 177: Managing database code
I am excited to host the T-SQL Tuesday blog party for August 2024. I’ve done this many times, but I always remember when I was new to the community...
2024-08-07
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Updating dbatools–Fixing the Certificate Failure
I was trying to update my dbatools install to test something and go this error. I fixed it with a little help. The Fix The short answer from Chrissy...
2024-08-07 (first published: 2024-07-24)
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How much space can I expect to recover from a rebuild after dropping a column?
In my last article - Identify Tables With Dropped Columns - we saw how we can identify tables that have columns that were dropped. Today, we are going to...
2024-08-05
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Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
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Databricks Data Intelligence Platform: Unlocking the GenAI Revolution
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Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice!
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers