Using AI to Test a SQL Query
Someone sent me this code. WITH p AS ( SELECT ID, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ID ASC) AS RN FROM wp_posts WHERE post_parent = 94341; ) UPDATE p SET...
2025-05-28
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The Voice of the DBA
DevOps Devour Hour Slides
Here are the slides from my talk today at the Redgate NYC Devour Hour: Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments.pptx The Repo is here: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime An interesting question on feature toggles:...
2025-05-23
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Advice I Like: Take Two Trips
If you have any doubt about being able to carry a load in one trip, do yourself a huge favor and make two trips – from Excellent Advice for...
2025-05-23
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Checking Myself with GenAI
I had a suggestion from somone on a place where AI helps them and I decided to try it. The person had an AI summarize their work and if...
2025-05-21
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Speaking at the NYC Lunch and Learn DevOps Devour Hour
This Friday is the NYC DevOps Devour hour, which is actually 3 hours. Plus a happy hour. I’ll be there with Kendra Little and Erik Darling talking about DevOps...
2025-05-20
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Monday Monitor Tips: Beyond SQL Server
Redgate Monitor works with more than SQL Server. Some big changes were announced recently, and I’ll cover the highlights here. This post looks at Redgate Monitor and the additional...
2025-05-19
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The Book of Redgate: Do Your Best Work
One of our mission statements in the Book of Redgate says: attempt to do the best work of your life. I’d like to think that at most points in...
2025-05-16
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A DevOps Workshop Tomorrow in Atlanta
Tomorrow is the Redgate DevOps Day in Atlanta. You can still sign up, so do that if you can make it. Here’s the rough outline Vision Session – w/...
2025-05-14
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T-SQL Tuesday #186–Agent Jobs
It’s that time of the month again, when the T-SQL Tuesday blog party takes place. I manage this site, and am looking for hosts all the time. This month...
2025-05-13
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SQL Server Engineering in Austin
I was lucky enough to attend SQL Saturday Austin 2025 a little over a week ago in conjunction with some work at the Redgate office. The opening keynote at...
2025-05-19 (first published: 2025-05-12)
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Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
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Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
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UNISTR Basics
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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