Reality (And Limits) of Instant File Initialization for Transaction Logs in SQL Server 2022

Reality (And Limits) of Instant File Initialization for Transaction Logs in SQL Server 2022

If you’ve spent any time tuning SQL Server, you’ve probably heard “Turn...

Looking Back at the Redgate 2026 Company Kickoff

Last week I spent a few days in Cambridge, UK for the Redgate Company Kickoff. I landed at 1130a Monday and flew away at 1215p Thursday. I wish I...

PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Recap

This is long overdue but life and distractions happened. It’s been a little over two months since I returned home from PASS Summit 2025.

Using AI for Git Hooks

Recently I had someone internally ask about whether SQL Source Control supports Git Hooks. Since it was after UK work hours, I decided to run a quick test. One...

Flyway Tips: AI Helps with Commit Messages

At Redgate, we’re experimenting with how AI can help developers and DBAs become better at their jobs. Everyone is asking for AI, as well as the ability to turn...

Startup scripts in SQL Server containers

I was messing around performing investigative work on a pod running SQL Server 2025 in Kubernetes the other day and noticed something…the sqlservr process is no longer PID 1...

Using SQL Compare with Redgate Data Modeler

Redgate recently released SQL Compare v16, which included a new feature to work with Redgate Data Modeler. I decided to give it a try in this post. I’ll take...

Who’s the Winningest Coach (with AI Help)

I was listening to the radio the other day and the hosts were discussing the NFL playoffs in 2026. Someone mentioned the winningest coach was Nick Sirianni of the...

Learning from Mistakes: T-SQL Tuesday #194

We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of the holidays and forgot to check on my host. Luckily, Louis Davidson (who did have...

Stupid Things I Did With AI: ASCII Art

I ran across this article recently (https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code) and it has a great opening piece of ASCII Art. I have a screenshot here: For some reason, I thought, “I should...