SQL Server 2025 Excitement
Today Steve wonders how many of you might be looking forward to SQL Server 2025 and consider it to be a major release.
2025-06-18
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Editorials
Greener Grass
Before I start the whining (whinging if you prefer), let me just say I have the greatest job in the world. I'm exceedingly lucky to have it. I'm grateful as can be. And someone else (looking at you Tim) can get it when they pry it from my dead cold fingers. With that out of […]
2025-06-16 (first published: 2025-05-31)
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Patching the Patch
If you have had to fix the thing you just fixed with a fix, you might enjoy today's editorial.
2025-06-16
105 reads
Can You Ask for a Raise?
Steve talks a bit about the choice to ask for a raise in the current climate.
2025-06-14
80 reads
What is a Failed Deployment?
Today Steve talks about the concept of what a failure is when deploying changes.
2025-06-13
77 reads
2025-06-11 (first published: 2019-05-24)
525 reads
Shorten the Debate
Steve talks about the process of decision making with idea for shortening the time taken.
2025-06-09
87 reads
Reflecting on the Mythical Man Month
Steve looks back at the Mythical Man Month, a book every software engineer and manager should read.
2025-06-06
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2025-06-04
103 reads
Helping Students with a Data Professional Career
Steve has advice for students looking to become data professionals.
2025-06-02
149 reads
Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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