Using Customer Docker Compose File Names
As I use containers more and more to run various things, I decided I not only wanted to set up docker compose files, I wanted to name them something...
2025-09-26 (first published: 2025-09-03)
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The Voice of the DBA
The Book of Redgate: Meetings
I think we might have forgotten this a bit, but on one of the pages, we have this title: A Meeting without an Objective is a Chat. You can...
2025-08-29
54 reads
A New Word: Rivener
rivener – n. a chilling hint of distance that creeps slowly into a relationship – beginning to notice them laugh a little less, look away a little more, explain...
2025-08-22
13 reads
Adding SQL Server 2025 to my Laptop
I wanted to do some testing of SQL Server 2025 on my laptop. I have written before how I avoided installing SQL Server on the laptop and use containers...
2025-09-10 (first published: 2025-08-20)
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Monday Monitor Tips: Searching Procedures
A customer was asking about how to track all the stored procedures that execute on their system. We have a section in Redgate Monitor that’s set to look at...
2025-08-18
16 reads
Sabbatical 3 Review
I’m back. My last day of work was Jun 27 and I came back a few days ago, on Aug 13. Just over six weeks away and I am...
2025-08-15
14 reads
Advice I Like: Naps
Learn how to take a 20-minute power nap without embarassment. – from Excellent Advice for Living I don’t like naps. In fact, I try to avoid them and keep...
2025-08-15
19 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #189–AI and your Career
I’m late to the party this month. Taiob Ali has a great invite for a topic that is likely on most people’s minds: AI and your career. I constantly...
2025-08-13
51 reads
Using SQL Compare to Revert a Stored Procedure
Imagine this situation, someone edits a stored procedure on a production server to “fix” something. However, they broke the procedure and you find out the next day. How do...
2025-08-13
120 reads
Adding a Named Default Constraint to a Table: #SQLNewBlogger
As part of a demo recently I was adding a default value to a new column with a simple DEFAULT and a value. Under the covers this creates a...
2025-09-03 (first published: 2025-08-11)
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Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Your Value from a Conference
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UNISTR Basics
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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