SQLEspresso

I love getting get a laptop, but getting all the software reinstalled and making sure everything works can be trying....

2016-04-12

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The Shield

How many of you are known as the “Grumpy DBA” or have a bad reputation with users because you are...

2016-03-11

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Last week, Bill Wolf aka @SQLWareWolf and I somehow got onto the topic of High School pictures. So in jest, I...

2016-02-11

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I think sometimes those of us that have been doing database administration/development for a while take it for granted that...

2015-12-23

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Following the advice in Smart Brevity improves communication.

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025, bringing big improvements to its main database engine....

A customer was asking about what certain items in Redgate Monitor mean. They have...

I have table: t1 in schema1 with 19 billion records. I have another table...

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What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2025?

SELECT BASE64_ENCODE(NULL)