Building a Production Database
Lessons learned from building a database caught Steve's eye, and he has a few comments.
2021-12-01
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Editorials
2021-11-29
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It's All About the Gratitude
I'm writing this the day after the US holiday of Thanksgiving. Lots of things are said about Thanksgiving, positive, negative, in between. The core concept of the holiday is to take a moment to take stock of what you have. It's a good idea. Every so often, look around and acknowledge, depending on anyone's situation, […]
2021-11-27
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2021-11-26
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2021-11-24
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The Complexity of Modern Systems
Building software is hard, and our systems are very complex these days.
2021-11-22
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PASS Data Community Summit 2021 Report
The 2021 virtual PASS Data Community Summit was held from November 8th through the 12th. PASS Summit has always been the biggest yearly conference for database professionals, and this year’s virtual conference had over 18,000 individuals registered! If you signed up for the event, you may now stream the sessions on-demand. This is an exclusive […]
2021-11-20
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Where is the Puck Going?
In which direction should you drive your career? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2021-11-19
335 reads
The API Bottleneck
Using an API for data access can be good, but it can also be a performance problem if everyone uses it.
2021-11-17
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2021-11-15
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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Backup to Immutable Storage
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Question of the Day
Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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