Transformations by the Oracle Optimizer
To troubleshoot poorly performing SQL in Oracle, you must understand which transformations the optimizer has made. Jonathan Lewis demonstrates several possible optimizations for one query.
PostgreSQL in Azure using the Azure Data Studio Extension
Learn how to create a PostgreSQL database and work with it from Azure Data Studio.
Speedy Break Fix
Is DevOps and Agile better than waterfall? Steve has a few thoughts after a recent experience.
Enterprise SQL Server Performance Tuning and Management with dbWatch
We need to transition our team from single instance management and monitoring to managing the overall environment and addressing our most pressing needs to support the organization. How can we move from managing the trees to managing the forest in an efficient and automated manner with a small team?
Help shape the future of Flyway
We’ve got some big plans for this year, and are looking to talk to people who use Flyway in a professional capacity. If you are willing to talk to us about how you first started using Flyway, then get in touch. Of course we’ll also look to say thank you for your time in our usual fashion.
Please include your DDL
I haven’t done it much the past few years, but I would answer some programming questions posted in forums back in the day. In the late 90s, I answered Visual Basic questions and eventually switched to SQL Server questions here on SQL Server Central as my career progressed. Answering questions not only assisted someone else, […]
The Great Developer Resignation
In 2021, many companies had employees leave positions. The number of people resigning from their jobs was so high that the term "The Great Resignation" began appearing in many publications. A number of industries were affected, and there are no shortage of pundits and experts analyzing why. This happened primarily in the US, but the […]
Using Logging with the Delete Activity in Azure Data Factory
This short piece shows how to add logging for the Delete activity and track which files or folders are deleted.
Data lakes take on big data
A data lake is a scalable data storage repository that can ingest large amounts of raw data and make it available on-demand. Robert Sheldon explains the benefits and challenges of data lakes.
Google Cloud DB DevOps Report: Read Now
The 2021 report from the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team at Google Cloud has now been published and provides highlights from seven years of research and data from more than 32,000 professionals worldwide.
Blogs
Houston AI-Lytics 2026–Powerpoint Slides
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my session on running a Local LLM. If you...
The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things
By Steve Jones
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
GenAI vs Dashboards: Not the Same (And Never Will Be)
By James Serra
There’s a question I’ve been hearing more and more lately, especially as Copilot, Fabric,...
Forums
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG
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Spring Connections and Learning at PASS On Tour
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Multiple Sequence Values
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Question of the Day
Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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