Making Databases Personal
If you can use a database to create automation routines to help sustain your work life, you can certainly do the same to sustain your personal life. Databases are...
The...
2019-04-09
The Lighter Side
SpaceX likely to win NASA’s crew competition by months, for billions less
What lessons can the space agency learn as it considers a lunar return?
2019-04-08
2006-12-25
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2006-09-04
5,966 reads
Who Has The Monitor?
A Friday distraction from work when you have time. Can you figure out who has the dual 19" LCD monitors?
2006-04-28
9,446 reads
Automatic Excuses for IT Pros
Now that the novelty of the Xbox 360, the Razr cell phone, and King Kong have likely run their course, Red Gate Software presents a truly functional gift for the harried IT professional: A handy excuse generator for those projects that just don't work out as planned.
2006-01-27
4,413 reads
2005-12-23
5,616 reads
The DBA Game
Are you up for a quick game of who's the best DBA? A little humerous diversion on one of the big holidays in the US.
2005-11-24
9,886 reads
SQL Server on Linux
A secret project is underway up in Redmond, according to sources not so high up in the development team. A port is partially working for various reasons. Read this exclusive scoop!
2015-12-25 (first published: 2005-04-01)
48,038 reads
HIGHER SOURCE RAISES STAKES IN INTERNET INDUSTRY
Microsoft Corporation has announced plans to acquire the
Website and Internet development corporation Higher Source for an
undisclosed fee.
2005-04-01
2,383 reads
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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