Create a SQL Server PolyBase Scale-out Group Using Amazon Web Services
In this article we look at how to create a scale-out SQL Server PolyBase solution on AWS
How a monitoring tool benefits the entire organization
Redgate estimate that the savings realized with a monitoring tool could be well over $85,000 / year*. Does your organization understand how a monitoring tool can impact almost every department?
Access All Your Data in Google Data Studio with CData Connect Cloud
Google Data Studio helps you create comprehensive reports and data visualizations. When combined with CData Connect Cloud, you get instant, cloud-to-cloud access to data from supported SaaS, Big Data and NoSQL sources for visualizations, dashboards, and more. CData Connect Cloud provides a live cloud-to-cloud interface for all your data, making it easy to build reports from […]
Azure Data Studio - A SandDance demo
Learn how you can get better charting in Azure Data Studio with SandDance.
Dry Runs for Database Migrations using Flyway Teams
How Dry Run scripts work, and how they can be used to deliver a single-script release artifact to Staging, verify placeholder substitutions in SQL migration scripts, and simply team code reviews.
Using SQL Server sequence objects
SQL Server sequence objects have several properties that control how they behave. Greg Larson explains the options of using SQL Server sequence objects.
Holiday Fun for Your Career
The Advent of Code is live, and Steve finds it to be a fun way to take a break during your day.
SQL Server Data Masking: a comparison with Gallium Data
Introduction In SQL Server 2016, Microsoft introduced a new feature called dynamic data masking, which allows you to mask the values of certain columns and keep that data hidden from certain users, without having to modify your applications. Let's take a look at how SQL Server does data masking, and compare it to the way Gallium Data […]
When to Use a Database
While relational developers and administrators might always want to use a database, that might not be the case for those that analyze data. Steve suggests you help them see the value of a database platform.
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
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los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
Forums
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Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Odd Sequences
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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