An Experimental Mindset
Steve wonders how many of you have an experimental mindset. He finds those that embrace this do better in their careers.
2024-03-22
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Editorials
Re-platforming
Sometimes you need to completely change your software, perhaps on a new platform. Steve has a few thoughts on this drastic action.
2024-03-20
168 reads
Protecting Off Hours
There is new legislation in Australia that is supposed to allow employees to ignore messages outside of working hours. Steve has a few thoughts on how he balances his workload.
2024-03-18
195 reads
Give It Away
Tech conference season is in full swing, and it’s only the middle of March. Between Grant, Steve, and I, we’ve attended or presented at about 10 events so far. And within my community of developers and database folks, I’ve seen pictures and posts of many more. As I’ve said a few times in previous editorials, […]
2024-03-17
76 reads
Growing Skills at Work
We all need to grow our skills at work. It can be challenging, but we can find ways, as well as advocate to management that resources are needed.
2024-03-15
199 reads
Navigating the Database Landscape
Today Steve has a few thoughts on his keynote topic today at the Redgate Summit.
2024-03-13
179 reads
Have You Deployed an Availability Group?
Learning about the Availability Group technology can be valuable for your career. Today Steve asks if you've deployed one, and if not, perhaps you want to try.
2024-03-11 (first published: 2020-04-03)
369 reads
Oops! Apologies
So, I messed up. In my calendar on Friday were the words, "Database Weekly." That's because I was supposed to put this editorial together and put out the Database Weekly. But I messed up. I was traveling on Friday. Not an excuse, but it's why I messed up. I'm sorry. However, what I did this […]
2024-03-11
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2024-03-08
242 reads
Assistants in the Age of AI
The secretary is a keep of secrets, at least in the beginning. Is that a role an AI can take on?
2024-03-06
189 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,...
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The String Distance I
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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