Overview of Azure SQL Database Networking
Learn about the range of connectivity options available for Azure SQL Database deployments.
Double Check Your Math
Steve notes that math operations are places where many developers have made mistakes in the past. A little test code might help here.
Performance Tuning Using Extended Events: Part 2
Part 2 of identifying performance puning opportunities using Extended Events. Learn how about shredding XML.
Querying database schema using graph tables
SQL Server 2017 introduced the concept of graph data tables as part of the SQL Server database engine. With SQL Server 2019, there were some enhancements like ‘shortest path’ function and constraints on edge tables that make this feature more usable – although it is far from a full-fledged graph database. Graph tables are essentially […]
How to Restore Model Database in SQL Server
In this tip we look at how to restore a missing or corrupt SQL Server model database.
SQL Prompt by Keyboard
Phil Factor shares a handy keyboard shortcut diagram that reveals some of the most useful of Prompt's keyboard shortcuts, and a wallchart showing every piece of Prompt functionality, what it does, where to find it in the various menus, and of course its keyboard shortcut.
Learn to Change
This week Grant talks about the need for change and growth to adapt to the changing world.
Performance Tuning Using Extended Events: Part 3
Identifying Performance Tuning Opportunities Using Extended Events: Part 3 Aggregate Report
Server Hardware or Coffee?
Today Steve Jones looks at the relative cost of hardware and how we sometimes cause ourselves issues by not spending enough.
Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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