The Art of the Code Review
Code reviews are a good way to not only improve your quality, but also raise the skill level of your staff.
2024-02-28
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Editorials
2024-02-26
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Software Updates, Outages, Processes, and Protocols
This past Thursday, February 22, AT&T had a major outage on their U.S. network. For upwards of 10 hours, hundreds of thousands of customers could not make phone calls, send or receive texts, or use mobile data for apps or browsing websites. Aside from not being able to communicate as normal, it also appeared to […]
2024-02-24
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Free SQL Server
There are a number of ways to run SQL Server for free (or low cost) for development. Read a bit about how to do this.
2024-02-23
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Visual Design for Safety
Good visual design matters, and Steve notes that his Tesla needed an update because their design didn't meet the specification.
2024-02-21
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A Working Break on President's Day
Today is a day off from Redgate for Steve, but he's working elsewhere on this holiday.
2024-02-19
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Learning Never Gets Old
It’s been a goal for several years to write (or help write) a book on a topic I love. While I can’t share details yet, there’s some movement on this dream and I’m excited about it. And I’m even more excited that I get to do it alongside someone that I’ve respected for a long […]
2024-02-17
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2024-02-16
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This is Why You Use Git for Scripts
Git is a good tool for DBAs and other Operations staff. Today Steve gives you a few reasons why.
2024-02-14
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Un-Stable Teams
At Redgate, the teams change every year and Steve has a few reasons why this is good.
2024-02-12
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Blogs
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
Finding and Killing Blockers with Redgate AI Tech
By Steve Jones
Redgate has a research arm, called the Foundry, that has been experimenting with AIs...
Back at Small Data SF in 2025
By Steve Jones
Today I’m in San Francisco at Small Data SF 2025. I went to the...
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Getting the Indexed Columns
I run this code on SQL Server 2022 to get a list of all the indexes and their key columns. What is returned?
SELECT
INDEX_COL (N'AdventureWorks2017.Sales.SalesOrderDetail') See possible answers