T-SQL Tuesday #198–Change Detection
This month we have a new host, Meagan Longoria, who graciously agreed to help me this month. I’ve known Meagan for a number of years and she’s been a...
2026-05-12
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The Voice of the DBA
Redgate and Rome
I’m at the UK Redgate office today, meeting with senior leaders in all areas of the business. I was honored to be awarded a spot in our President’s Club....
2026-05-11
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A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize that your parents are muddling through their lives the same as you; that many respectable...
2026-05-08
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A Cloud Dependency Failure from Amazon
I went to sleep while reading a Kindle book on my phone. I know because my hand dropped and the phone knocked me in the forehead. I set it...
2026-05-06
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A Redgate Data Modeler Gotcha with Relationships
This happened to me recently after being busy with non-data modeling tasks for a few weeks. I went to add a relationship and was confused about the behavior. Read...
2026-05-18 (first published: 2026-05-04)
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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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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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Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
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I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
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Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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Transaction Log Truncation
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