Compress Everything
Data grows constantly and the size of some of our databases seems to have no end in sight. Steve Jones notes that we might just want to compress everything, just to keep up.
Run an Oracle package from SQL Server Integration Services
If you want to run an Oracle Package and then execute a web service, copy files or folders, a sequence of tasks, you may need to use SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
SQL in the City - Austin 2012
A free day of training in Austin, TX with Grant Fritchey, Steve Jones and a few others. Join us to learn about SQL Server and how you can more efficiently work in your job every day.
SQL Server 2012: Migrating BLOBs to FILETABLEs
Learn about this new feature in SQL Server 2012 and how to move your binary data.
Never update systems tables directly - a study in Agent job scheduling
It is often recommended that system tables should not be updated directly. Presenting a case in point built around nightly job configuration in order to demonstrate the possible issues with updating system tables directly.
The Longevity of the Relational Database
Waves of NoSQL hysteria come and go but the relational database remains, and Phil Factor admires its sheer ubiquity, and ability to provide data integrity and accessibility for a vast tapestry of data categories.
Three Rules for Database Development
Today Steve Jones talks about a series of rules he found for database development.
TSQL Challenge 82 - Find elements that uniquely make up a group
The challenge is to find the Tax Code based on Price. Each sales amount is uniquely made up by the sum of one or more prices. Based on this you should assign the tax code to each price.
Distributed Computing - Hybrid Systems Considerations
When the Cloud was new, it was often presented as an 'all or nothing' solution. Nowadays, the canny Systems Architect will exploit the best advantages of 'cloud' distributed computing in the right place, and use in-house services where most appropriate. So what are the issues that govern these architectural decisions?
SQL in the City - New York 2012
Come join Grant Fritchey, Steve Jones and others for a free day of training in New York City on Sept 28, 2012.
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Generating Migration Script Names
By Steve Jones
AI is a big deal in 2026, and at Redgate, we’re experimenting with how...
The Book of Redgate: Get the right stuff done
By Steve Jones
Another of our values: The facing page has this quote: “We admire people who...
Runing tSQLt Tests with Claude
By Ed Elliott
Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow...
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Introduction of OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = ON
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The Long Name
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Question of the Day
The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?