Your Biggest Data Model Complaints
Today Steve asks which data model issues are most annoying to you.
SQL Server Backup or Restore using Network Share with SSMS
In this article, we look at how to create a SQL backup to network share or restore a backup from a network share.
Why Not Use AI?
Steve re-posts a question from someone else, asking why you wouldn't want to use an AI.
Why use Tally Tables in the Fabric Warehouse? Data Engineering in Fabric
This next article in the Data Engineering with Fabric series showcases how tally tables can help load data in a Fabric warehouse.
Engineering a Lakehouse with Azure Databricks with Spark Dataframes
How can we get familiar with Azure Databricks with Spark Dataframes?
How to use the Azure Emulator to create blob containers, queues and tables
Learn how to emulate Azure storage for files, blogs, and queues.
What If You Need to Index a Lot of Duplicate Data?
Let’s get a little nerdy and look at database internals.
Triggers
Triggers. Who doesn’t like a good, lively debate about triggers? With the extreme cold that we’ve experienced this past week in the northeastern U.S., I feel like a little heated debate wouldn’t be a bad way to forget about the cold. But alas, I’m not here to talk about database triggers. Sorry, we’ll have to […]
Configuring Maintenance Plans in SQL Server
See a walkthrough of setting up a maintenance plan in SQL Server.
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,...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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