A New Word: Gnossienne
gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life. One of the things I’ve learned throughout my life is that...
2026-08-28
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The Voice of the DBA
Using the SIGN() Function: #SQLNewBlogger
I was trolling the docs and noticed the SIGN() function. I have never written this in production code, but it is an interesting function. This post looks at where...
2026-08-26
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Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate Monitor MCP Server. It took me a few tries, and some help from engineers to...
2026-08-31 (first published: 2026-08-24)
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The Book of Redgate: Evidence
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to be data driven. Across my 18 years, I’ve had plenty of people use evidence from...
2026-08-21
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Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a part of the Data API Builder (DAB). I’m not sure why there wasn’t a separate...
2026-08-28 (first published: 2026-08-19)
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The Fringe Festival
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with my wife. She came over to the UK with me for a quick trip. We...
2026-08-14
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Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL Server Central: Getting the Average. Isn’t is slower? A fair question. This quick post looks...
2026-08-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many people have stopped blogging that it’s a challenge to keep this going. Jeff Taylor has...
2026-08-11
123 reads
Don’t Fight with AI
I was recently trying to handle a simple task with a few AI tools to see how well things worked. I realized that AI isn’t great for everything and...
2026-08-10
407 reads
Car Update: August 2026
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to showcase a few things I’ve learned about my cars since the last one. In this...
2026-08-07
158 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Gnossienne
By Steve Jones
gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...
Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
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Getting Database MaiL Profiles
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