My backup script (where, how, how big, etc.)
A while back I wrote about how to find where your backups are. And I’ve also written about I use...
2018-12-10 (first published: 2018-11-26)
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SQLStudies
The Cloud and Shadow IT.
Shadow IT has been, well, maybe not the bane of the IT department, but certainly a pain in the neck....
2018-11-21
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Dealing with multiple AD accounts
To help promote the seperation of duties one of the things my company has done is to divide our permissions...
2018-11-29 (first published: 2018-11-19)
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Parameterized dynamic SQL is parameterized.
Ok, that title sounds silly, but it’s actually a real point. The first parameterized refers to using parameters within dynamic...
2018-11-23 (first published: 2018-11-15)
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T-shaped knowledge and learning about the cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #108
Upper management at my company has started asking for something called T-Shaped knowledge. The idea is that we have a...
2018-11-13
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Missing those we’ve lost
It’s the start of Summit for many of us (not me, sorry) and it seemed like a good time to...
2018-11-07
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SQL Homework – November 2018 – Constraints
You’ve created tables before but how about constraints? Constraints allow a finer level of control over what data is allowed...
2018-11-14 (first published: 2018-11-05)
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Zombie SQL
It Halloween so time for a scary SQL story. Ok, maybe not that scary. Ok, not scary at all, but...
2018-11-12 (first published: 2018-10-31)
2,895 reads
Blogger Questions: What if I get a mean/rude comment?
There is a fear that almost every blogger has to overcome. I’ll be honest, it pops up almost every time...
2018-10-29
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I’m in a book! Data Professionals at Work
A while back a friend of mine, Malathi Mahadevan (b/t), asked me if I’d like to do an interview for...
2018-10-24
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Generating Migration Script Names
By Steve Jones
AI is a big deal in 2026, and at Redgate, we’re experimenting with how...
The Book of Redgate: Get the right stuff done
By Steve Jones
Another of our values: The facing page has this quote: “We admire people who...
Runing tSQLt Tests with Claude
By Ed Elliott
Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow...
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Introduction of OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = ON
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The Long Name
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Question of the Day
The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?