A Very Simple Blocking Alert
Blocking in SQL Server can be good – after all, it’s one of the ways consistency is guaranteed – we usually don’t want data written to by two processes...
2021-05-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #138
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Andy Leonard who has poised the question ‘What do you do when technology changes underneath you?’ I was going to begin by...
2021-05-11
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What do you do when technology changes underneath you? (T-SQL Tuesday #138)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Andy Leonard who has poised the question ‘What do you do when technology changes underneath you?’ I was going to begin by...
2021-05-11
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SSIS – Arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to datatype int
I recently encountered a SSIS package that was failing due to an ‘arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to datatype int’; Conversion/overflow errors aren’t that unusual – normally a data...
2021-04-06
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Serverless Azure SQL DB can show incorrect data space usage in the Portal
A quick PSA on the behaviour of Serverless Azure SQL DB space reporting in the Azure Portal. I recently had to shrink a large Azure SQL DB for cost...
2021-03-31
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Getting SQL Services Information with Powershell
Hopefully you already know everything about your SQL estate, including what services are installed and what’s running them, either because it’s so small you just know, or, preferably, you...
2021-03-15
25 reads
Blogs
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
Finding and Killing Blockers with Redgate AI Tech
By Steve Jones
Redgate has a research arm, called the Foundry, that has been experimenting with AIs...
Back at Small Data SF in 2025
By Steve Jones
Today I’m in San Francisco at Small Data SF 2025. I went to the...
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Question of the Day
Slipstream parameters
What parameters are needed to enable a slipstream installation for setup.exe (SQL Server setup)?
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