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Why Ask Why?

Spend any time around a 4 year old, and you will inevitably find yourself involved in a conversation which evolves into this:
Please do this thing Why? Reasonable answer Why? Restatement...

2015-11-04

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Hello GETDATE() My Old Friend...

So you’ve decided that your new web application needs to record some page load time metrics so you can keep tabs on performance. Terrific! You set up a couple page load/complete...

2015-06-16

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Are You Backing Everything Up?

We hear the common refrain among DBAs all the time. Back up your data! Test your restores! If you can’t restore the backup, it’s worthless. And yes, absolutely, you...

2015-04-29

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SQL New Blogger Digest - Week 3

Here are the posts collected from week three of the SQL New Blogger Challenge. It’s been compiled the same way previous weeks’ posts were. Everyone’s doing a great job keeping up...

2015-04-24

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AI in SQL Server vs PostgreSQL: Vector Search, Embeddings, and RAG Compared

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Both SQL Server and PostgreSQL are moving fast into AI territory — and if...

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We keep adding new AI capabilities to Redgate Monitor, where it makes sense. Check...

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A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...

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Install SQL Scripts via GUI Wizard

By Jörg

Hallo all! My problem is this: I have quite a bunch of TSQL scripts...

Converting Money

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file

By stan

hi, we couldnt get our upstream data source developers to supply what is sometimes...

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Question of the Day

Converting Money

Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?

DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY;
SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; 

SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;

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