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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how to adjust a FK constraint between two tables. The tool seemed to makes this easy,...
2026-04-20 (first published: 2026-04-13)
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The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If you possibly can, work where there are no names for what you do.” – from...
2026-04-10
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By Zikato
A fugitive cyber-criminal, a wingsuit, and 24 million flight records. Somewhere between Doha and...
Say you need outside help. You’ve exhausted all the things that you could do...
I’m honored to announce that I’ve been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the...
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