The SQL Server 2016 Plan
Steve notes SQL Server 2016 went out of support this past week. What are you plans if you run this version?
2026-07-18
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Editorials
The Mythical Bus Accident
Preparing for disaster is important, both at work and in your personal life.
2026-07-17
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A Security and AI Fail
Security is an important consideration for anyone working with data, but it's especially a concern with AI.
2026-07-15
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Forward Deployed Engineers
A new job title, the forward deployed engineer, is becoming more popular.
2026-07-13
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SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
Reading that SQL Server 2025 shipped without SSRS took me back to 2012, when Microsoft announced end-of-life for TMG — our perimeter firewall, web proxy, and SSL inspection. It had run quietly for years until it suddenly needed a plan. Within weeks, vendors found us. Demos, a steering committee, a three-month project plan. We weren't […]
2026-07-11
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I Can't Make You Learn
Steve believes that his career and life have become better as he learns more everything. It's the key to improvement.
2026-07-10
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A Quick Second Opinion
Communication is hard, and it's something most of us can learn to do better. Steve notes that using an LLM for tasks will also help you learn to communicate better.
2026-07-08
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Bad IT People
What happens when you have bad IT people working in your company? Steve Jones says that they always will be around, but we might not want to enable them to continue in this business when we find them.
2026-07-06 (first published: 2011-03-02)
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Have you done a Mid year check in?
This Editorial is coming to you during an exciting birthday for the United States. If you are in the US, you are most likely celebrating the 4th of July. This is the 250th anniversary for the US, quite a milestone. I hope that all my US friends are celebrating safely and responsibly. While it is […]
2026-07-04
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2026-07-03
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Blogs
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
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...
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The SQL Server 2016 Plan
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whats that ssis analyzer product that documents lineage
hi, a few years ago was at a very large company that bought a...
Implicit Conversions Cripple SQL Server
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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