A New Word: La Guadière
la guadière – n. a glint of goodness you notice in something that you wouldn’t expect, which is often only detectable by sloshing them back and forth in your...
2026-06-05
49 reads
The Voice of the DBA
UNION vs UNIONALL: #SQLNewBlogger
While writing another post I realized my UNION query didn’t work as one might initiall expect, so I decided a short post was worth writing. This is based on...
2026-06-03
57 reads
The Book of Redgate: Profits
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling tools that help you. If we do a good job, we make money. If we...
2026-05-22
63 reads
QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger
Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A colleague was having some trouble with the code, but what struck me was that I...
2026-06-08 (first published: 2026-05-20)
465 reads
Breaking Rules in Rome
Last week I was honored with a trip to Rome for the Redgate President’s Club. I was awarded this, along with our top people in Sales, for the work...
2026-05-18
92 reads
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
47 reads
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
46 reads
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
56 reads
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
138 reads
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)
222 reads
Blogs
A Pursuit of Lifelong Learning
By Brian Kelley
The following came across my YouTube feed today. It’s an interview with General James...
Advice I Like: Time and Focus
By Steve Jones
“You don’t need more time because you already have all the time that you...
Book Review: Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals
I don’t currently manage Microsoft 365 Copilot in an enterprise environment, but it is...
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