Secure Cell Phones
With the inauguration of a new President in the US, will he give up his Blackberry? Steve Jones found an alternative that was surprising.
It's minus twenty-five outside and I'm writing about Transaction Log Files
I originally wrote this in French while working at LaCaisse.com "Why do you care, as a DBA (or a developer for that matter), about what is happening in the transaction...
Risk and Assumptions
Building software always involves risk, but in these tough times, Steve Jones thinks we should be working to lower the risk of IT projects.
Risk and Assumptions
Building software always involves risk, but in these tough times, Steve Jones thinks we should be working to lower the risk of IT projects.
Risk and Assumptions
Building software always involves risk, but in these tough times, Steve Jones thinks we should be working to lower the risk of IT projects.
Secure Cell Phones
With the inauguration of a new President in the US, will he give up his Blackberry? Steve Jones found an alternative that was surprising.
Secure Cell Phones
With the inauguration of a new President in the US, will he give up his Blackberry? Steve Jones found an alternative that was surprising.
SQL Server security: Database roles
Database roles for SQL servers can increase the security of your enterprise. Understand how to set up database roles, and learn how they function.
Writing to an operating system file using the SQL Server SQLCLR
Reading files from the operating system can be done with T-SQL as I showed in the tip Using OPENROWSET to read large files into SQL Server. What if you want to write to an operating system file? For example, writing to a text file. There's no T-SQL that supports writing to a file.
Creating a Synonym for a Table - SQL School Video
New in SQL Server 2005, Synonyms replace aliases from previous versions. Brian Knight shows how they can be created and used.
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
Introduction of OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY = ON
Hi, We have low latency high volume system. I have a table having 3...
The Long Name
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Eight Minutes
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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?