Saving Emergency Space on my Laptop
With my new laptop, one of the things I realized I’d forgotten to do in setup is reserve some space. I wrote about this years ago, but I wanted...
2024-09-11
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The Voice of the DBA
T-SQL Tuesday #178–A Recent Technical Problem
This month we have a good invitation from Deepthi Goguri, where she asks us about a technical problem. I think most of are technical people and we solve problems...
2024-09-10
34 reads
Redgate Clone Graduating Images
I wanted my own custom image in our internal Redgate Clone cluster, so I decided to make one. This is an overview of how this works. This is a...
2024-09-20 (first published: 2024-09-09)
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A New Word: Incidental Contact High
incidental contact high – n. an innocuous touch by someone just doing their job – a barber, yoga instructor, or friendly waitress – that you find more meaningful than...
2024-09-06
25 reads
Take the 2025 State of Database Landscape Survey
The survey is out now and you can share your experiences for a chance at $250 in Amazon vouchers. No matter whether you think your org is great or...
2024-09-06 (first published: 2024-09-05)
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SQL Saturday Boston 2024 Plans
I was accepted to speak at SQL Saturday Boston 2024, which is taking place on October 5, 2024. One month away. This is a fun event that takes place...
2024-09-04
17 reads
Simple Talks Episode 5
The fifth episode of Simple Talks is out. Simple Talks is the Redgate podcast from myself, Grant, Ryan, and Louis. The main page is here, and it has links...
2024-09-03
46 reads
A New Word: Flashover
flashover – n. the moment a conversation becomes alive and real, when a spark of rust shorts out the delicate circuits you keep insulated under layers or irony, momentarily...
2024-08-30
13 reads
Friday Flyway Tips: Git Integration in Community Edition
Redgate added Git integration to the free, Community edition of Flyway Desktop. I saw the announcement and decided to make this post to show how this can work for...
2024-08-30
20 reads
Moving One File Across Git Branches: #SQLNewBlogger
I was working on some branching and merging with a customer and they wanted to move a file from one branch to another without taking the entire commit. I...
2024-08-28
26 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
When SQL Server Central Went Down
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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