The Book of Redgate: Products
We are product focused at Redgate Software. Here is another of our values that focused on this: The text on the next page is: Shipping something amazing is better...
2026-07-17
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Microsoft Copilot: What Each Copilot Does and Where It Fits
It can feel as if Microsoft has put the Copilot name everywhere, and that is not far from the truth. The important thing to understand is that Microsoft Copilot...
2026-07-27 (first published: 2026-07-16)
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KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 7
A fugitive cyber-criminal, a wingsuit, and 24 million flight records. Somewhere between Doha and Dublin, Krypto jumped between planes mid-air.
2026-07-24 (first published: 2026-07-16)
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Do This Before You Contact Your SQL Server Consultant
Say you need outside help. You’ve exhausted all the things that you could do and, still, nothing works. So, you decide that calling in for help is the next...
2026-07-24 (first published: 2026-07-16)
549 reads
Microsoft MVP 2026: Ten Years on the Data Platform
I’m honored to announce that I’ve been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the tenth consecutive year, recognized in the Azure SQL and SQL Server technical areas under Data...
2026-07-16
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Building AgentDBA’s Slack Escalation
Until now, a CRITICAL finding did the right internal routing, but the last mile was a log line — useful for an audit trail, useless at 3am. v1.2.0 closes...
2026-07-15
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Changing the Owner Removes Permissions: #SQLNewBlogger
This is actually inspired by an article SQL Server Central, which taught me something new. I decided to verify what was in the article and do some research. The...
2026-07-15
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T-SQL Tuesday #200 - I Bet It's Bad if I See...
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month. This month, Brent Ozar
(blog) asks us to fill in the blank:
When I’m looking at...
2026-07-14
69 reads
Azure – HorizonDB
As Open Source – PostgreSQL and AI is a growing and powerful DB system, AWS and Google already have AWS Aurora and Google AlloyDB, which are Cloud Native PostgreSQL...
2026-07-15 (first published: 2026-07-14)
117 reads
A New Chapter: Why I Made the Move from Dayforce to ESO
A New Chapter: Why I Made the Move from Dayforce to ESO Over the past several weeks, many of you have probably noticed subtle hints throughout my blog. A...
2026-07-14
54 reads
Blogs
Keeping Track of my ConEmu CLIs
By Steve Jones
I use ConEmu for my terminal interface. I’m still on Windows 10 at home,...
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
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Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers