Finding the Next Sequence Value: #SQLNewBlogger
I saw a question asking about the next sequence value and decided to try and answer it myself. I assumed this would be easy, and it was, but I...
2026-04-15 (first published: 2026-03-30)
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The Voice of the DBA
The Book of Redgate: No Politics
In today’s world, this might mean something different, but in 2010, we had this value: In our context, this was about being open and transparent. This is the text...
2026-03-27
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The 2026 Redgate Summit in New York City
We’re coming back to New York, which is exciting for me. I love NYC. The Redgate Summit 2026 – New York City comes back on May 5, 2026. You...
2026-04-03 (first published: 2026-03-25)
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Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert thresholds in Redgate Monitor and decided to write a little about this. This is part...
2026-04-06 (first published: 2026-03-23)
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A New Word: los vidados
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might have forgotten completely if someone hadn’t happened to mention them again – friends of friends,...
2026-03-20
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Finding and Updating Duplicate IDs: #SQLNewBlogger
Finding duplicates was an interview question for me years ago, and I’ve never forgotten it. Recently I got asked how to easily do this and delete them, so I...
2026-04-01 (first published: 2026-03-18)
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Whiling away an afternoon, thinking
I come to Heathrow often. Today is likely somewhere close to 60 trips to this airport in my lifetime. After over 19 years of working with Redgate (plus a...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-17)
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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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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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Blogs
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
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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