2023-04-29
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Database Weekly
AI Concerns
With the ChatGPT and AI crazy sweeping through the media, Steve has a few thoughts on what this might mean for data professionals.
2023-04-22
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Moore's Law: Navigating the Pace of Technological Change
Technology has always been a driving force in shaping our world, propelling us forward into new realms of innovation and progress. One of the most famous concepts in technology is Moore's Law, which suggests that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles approximately every two years, leading to exponential increases in computing power. In […]
2023-04-15
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The Top SQL Server Engine Errors
The SQL Server Support team published the top errors they see in calls. Steve has a few comments on what they're doing to help customers.
2023-03-04
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Consider Sharing Your Knowledge At User Groups and Conferences
The first time I spoke in front of a group of people over 20 years ago about a programming topic, I was scared to death. I could barely sleep the night before, obsessing about the material and practicing it repeatedly. When I finally did sleep, it felt like minutes before I awoke, and it was […]
2023-02-25
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The Home Password Cracker
Passwords cracked in under an hour using modern hardware have Steve shaking his head.
2022-10-22
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New Cloud Licensing Limits
New licensing rules are coming for using your SQL Server licenses in the cloud.
2022-09-03
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The Case for Patching
Recently I was testing a feature in SQL Server on 2017 and 2019. There was supposed to be an improvement across versions, but I didn't see it. Then I realized that I was on SQL Server 2019 CU 2 on my laptop, and the current CU is 17. I took a few minutes to download […]
2022-08-20
157 reads
SQL Standard Confusion
The whole universe, the well-guarded people—may they all query databases together in a single language!
2022-08-13
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Three Mile Island And Your Databases
Grant takes a few lessons for database DR from a nuclear accident in the US.
2022-08-06
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Blogs
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....
The Book of Redgate: Products
By Steve Jones
We are product focused at Redgate Software. Here is another of our values that...
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 7
By Zikato
A fugitive cyber-criminal, a wingsuit, and 24 million flight records. Somewhere between Doha and...
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The SQL Server 2016 Plan
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() III
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count(-1)What is returned? See possible answers