Balancing Life with a Career–Slides
I had a great time at SQL Saturday Atlanta 2026 this past weekend. I had some good comments and a few questions. I’ll write a bit more on this,...
2026-03-16
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The Voice of the DBA
Advice I Like: Knots
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand. For the rest of your life, you’ll use this knot more times than you would...
2026-03-13
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The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if ensure I could easily refresh dev and test environments on demand. In a small startup,...
2026-03-20 (first published: 2026-03-11)
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T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find new hosts over the last few years to keep this party going and to expand...
2026-03-10
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Monday Monitor Tips: AI Query Analysis
AI is everywhere. It’s in the news, it’s being added to every product, management wants everyone to be more productive with AI. Redgate Monitor isn’t immune from this wave....
2026-03-09
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The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has more detail. This is the text from the facing page: What we do is very...
2026-03-06
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Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage your database code as a project and see what changes are being built. However, many...
2026-03-16 (first published: 2026-03-04)
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A Wellbeing Day at Redgate
It’s a day off for Redgate today. This is our annual wellbeing day, where everyone gets the day off. Well, not everyone, but anyone that has to work today...
2026-03-02
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A New Word: on tenderhooks
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which makes you feel that much more rooted to the world, even if the roots belong...
2026-02-27
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Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran into this while trying to solve a problem recently and had to check the error...
2026-02-25
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Blogs
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 7
By Zikato
A fugitive cyber-criminal, a wingsuit, and 24 million flight records. Somewhere between Doha and...
Do This Before You Contact Your SQL Server Consultant
Say you need outside help. You’ve exhausted all the things that you could do...
Microsoft MVP 2026: Ten Years on the Data Platform
I’m honored to announce that I’ve been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the...
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BIT_COUNT() III
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count(-1)What is returned? See possible answers