A Little Brainstorming with an AI
I was asked to do some a little thinking and brainstorming recently. Rather than send some emails or get on a call, I decided to ask my local AI...
2025-02-26 (first published: 2025-02-17)
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The Voice of the DBA
Choosing to not drive the Tesla
I started a short thread on Twitter/X and Bluesky recently after leaving the Tesla at home recently. A few people asked me about it, so I decided to do...
2025-02-14
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Advice I Like: Transactions and Relationships
Life gets better as you replace transactions with relationships. – from Excellent Advice for Living This is incredible advice. I think that much of the complaints about the US...
2025-02-14
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Adding Manual Relationships Between Tables in the TDM Subsetter
I wrote about getting the Redgate Test Data Manager set up in 10 minutes before, and a follow up post on using your own backup. One of the things...
2025-02-24 (first published: 2025-02-12)
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Creating a GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner
I had to demo the Flyway Autopilot system recently and created a GitHub Actions runner as a part of that. This post documents how this went. First, if you...
2025-02-21 (first published: 2025-02-10)
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A New Word: Redesis
redesis – n. a feeling of queasiness while offering someone advice, knowing they might well face a totally different set of constraints and capabilities, any of which might propel...
2025-02-07
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Friday Flyway Tips: Autopilot in 10 minutes
The Solutions Engineers at Redgate recently released an Introduction to Redgate Flyway Autopilot course on our Redgate University. They’ve been working on this for quite some time to help...
2025-02-07
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Picking a Starting Table in Test Data Manager
I wrote about getting the Redgate Test Data Manager set up in 10 minutes before, and a follow up post on using your own backup. One of the things...
2025-03-06 (first published: 2025-02-05)
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T-SQL Tuesday #183 Invite: Tracking Permissions
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this month I’m hosting. I realized that I didn’t host in 2024 and since I run the thing, I ought to be...
2025-02-04
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Declaring a Complex PK in a CREATE TABLE: #SQLNewBlogger
Recently I was talking with someone who had not named any of the primary keys (PKs) in their database. They used system generated names and when they ran comparisons,...
2025-02-03
98 reads
Blogs
Creating a Pulsing Conducting Baton - Part 1
By Bert Wagner
Train Wreck The last time I watched a high school band nearly fall apart mid-performance...
ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)
By Brian Kelley
If you are considering any of the ISACA AI certs like the Advanced Artificial...
A Fabric solution can be very cost effective
By ChrisJenkins
Are you currently using Microsoft Fabric or considering migrating to it? If so, there...
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Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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