Mining and Algorithms
The algorithms that you use to query or mine data are very important. Amazon knows their recommendations algorithms are important. Do you know what's important in your job?
Objects, Relationships, Systems, And Processes
What is the difference between an expert DBA and a Master DBA? This piece from William Talada talks about Objects, Relationships, Systems, and Processes and how they may relate to your job as a DBA.
SQL Saturday #169 - Denver
Come join Steve Jones, Glenn Berry, and other Denver area MVPs and speakers for a free day of training in Denver on Sept 22, 2012.
A Cloudy Future
The future of employment in the technology industry means learning to do more with less.
Document First, Code Later
Phil Factor on the many advantages of building the code from the documentation. For one, it forces us to learn the language and concepts of the business processes before designing the schema.
Meredith Ryan Chosen as the Exceptional DBA of 2012
Congratulations to Meredith Ryan for being chosen the Exceptional DBA of 2012.
Gail Shaw's SQL Server Howlers
For the latest in our series of SQL Server Howlers, we asked Gail Shaw which common SQL Server mistakes and misunderstandings lead to tearful DBAs and plaintive cries for help on the forums.
SQL Saturday #155 - Lima
SQL Saturday is exploding in South America, and Lima hosts it's event on Sept 22, 2012. Come join fellow data professionals and learn about SQL Server.
SQLskills training goes online worldwide (and free in September!)
SQLskills is recording their knowledge in conjunction with Pluralsight for you to view from the time and place of your choosing. And it's free in September. Read more to find out how you can get access.
Key Word Searches
This article from Todd Fifield shows a Way to avoid the dreaded LIKE operator in your queries and dramatically speed up keyword searches.
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...
Forums
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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?