Advice I Like: Celebrate Success
“On the way to a grand goal, celebrate the smallest victories as if each one were the final goal. That way, no matter where it ends, you are victorious.”...
2026-05-15 (first published: 2026-05-01)
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The Voice of the DBA
SWAG Saves the Day
PASS Summit East is in one week. I was on the road last week in the UK and then Houston for the Houston AI-lytics event. I had been a...
2026-04-30
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Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep things clean and smooth in case I need to rebuild things, I’ve gone with containers....
2026-05-11 (first published: 2026-04-29)
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Questions and Answers from Running a Local LLM
I had a few random questions from my Running a Local LLM on Your Laptop session at the Houston AI-lytics 2026 event last week, so this post looks at...
2026-04-27
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Houston AI-Lytics 2026–Powerpoint Slides
Thanks to everyone for attending my session on running a Local LLM. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out with them. The slides with links...
2026-04-25
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The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve worked with them in some capacity since 2002 and I’ve felt this along the way:...
2026-04-25 (first published: 2026-04-24)
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Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks at how the proc works. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves...
2026-05-08 (first published: 2026-04-22)
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Monday Monitor Tips: Oracle Custom Metrics
One of the popular features of Redgate Monitor has been the ability to add custom mertics for various purposes. This has been popular, and along with our curated list...
2026-05-04 (first published: 2026-04-20)
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JSON_OBJECTAGG is an Aggregate: #SQLNewBlogger
I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an example of why it can behave weirdly. This post looks at something you might not...
2026-04-27 (first published: 2026-04-15)
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Impactful Sessions I’ve Seen: T-SQL Tuesday #196
This month I’m thrilled that Steve Hughes is hosting. I’ve read this Data on Wheels blog for a long time and I appreciate all that he does, especially given...
2026-04-24 (first published: 2026-04-14)
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Blogs
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....
The Book of Redgate: Products
By Steve Jones
We are product focused at Redgate Software. Here is another of our values that...
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BIT_COUNT() III
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
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