A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just a couple of weeks away. Amongst a bunch of admin type stuff, there was a...
2026-10-27
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I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just a couple of weeks away. Amongst a bunch of admin type stuff, there was a...
2026-10-27
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We keep adding stuff to Redgate Monitor, and it’s easy to miss some of the improvements. Here’s one that’s been around quite awhile, but while discussing the product with...
2026-11-02 (first published: 2026-10-26)
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“You don’t need more time because you already have all the time that you will ever get; you need more focus.” – from Excellent Advice for Living Boy, I...
2026-10-30 (first published: 2026-10-23)
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I’m back from a great vacation. I had the chance to visit two new countries (for me and my wife) and many new cities as we cruised around the...
2026-10-23 (first published: 2026-10-22)
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This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a break with my wife. I think I’m in Croatia (or off the coast) today, but...
2026-10-13
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No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight for Brussels and this is my last day at work for a couple of weeks....
2026-10-07
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I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that Look Too Easy. I decided to give you a few thoughts from me on the...
2026-10-14 (first published: 2026-10-05)
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Here are the resources for my talk at Day of Data Boston. Slides – ArchitectingZeroDowntime.pptx Slides also at: https://dayofdata.org/2026-10-03-dayofdata1150/#schedule Code: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime Book: Refactoring Databases Some interesting questions. I’ll write...
2026-10-04
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I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of Redgate. Those values came from our founders, Simon Galbraith and Neil Davidson. I am lucky...
2026-10-02
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I use ConEmu for my terminal interface. I’m still on Windows 10 at home, and for consistency’s sake, I run this on my Win11 laptop and the home machine....
2026-09-30
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By Steve Jones
semaphorism – n. a conversational hint that you have something personal to say on...
This week I was at PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle, and I attended...
By James Serra
(This is the third post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
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I have a table, dbo.bittest, where I am testing an application response. This has this structure:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[BitTest] ( [insertdate] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF__BitTest__insertd__300F11AC] DEFAULT (getdate()), [a] [bit] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOMy application runs this code:
INSERT dbo.BitTest
(
insertdate,
a
)
VALUES
(DEFAULT, 'true')
GO
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