Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is a form of data masking, a technique that becomes more important to data professionals all the time.
Registration Now Open for SQL Cruise Alaska in August 2017
It’s been a while since SQL Cruise has been in Alaska, but come August 12 2017 we are returning in a big way for our 13th event since our founding in 2010, bringing one of the most sought-after minds in Microsoft SQL Server for a week of instruction, conversation, and insight: Bob Ward. The SQL […]
Do you use Visual Studio Code?
Visual Studio Code is rapidly gaining in popularity, but is it all it could be, or is there room for improvement? Redgate is embarking on some research to better understand how you are using this lightweight editor, and where it can be improved. Have your say by filling in this short survey!
Installing SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu Server
Manvendra Singh explains how to install SQL Server Agent on an Ubuntu server, so that you can create SQL Server Agent Jobs to schedule repetitive tasks.
Data Privacy and Security: The Implications of GDPR
There may be new changes to our jobs as data professionals because of GDPR in the European Union.
How Redgate helped define a truly automated database deployment process
At the end of 2016, Redgate interviewed Bob Walker, a Lead Application Developer, to find out how he went about setting up automated database deployments using Redgate tools, and also to find out what lessons he learned during the process - the highlights make for interesting reading. Read the interview write-up.
Using the DbFit Framework for Data Warehouse Regression Testing
It is ironic that the users of database application need to rely on the very technologists that created the system to then devise and run their acceptance tests. Surely someone has devised a test system for databases that is simple enough for ordinary tech-savvy people to use and for them to create the tests? Yes they have. Fitnesse DbFit is a mature product that can, and does, test SQL Server databases, and Nat Sundar explains how to set it up and do it.
Array Element by Agonizing Array Element
Iterations and loops are fundamental parts of computer science, but with SQL and PowerShell, we may want different programming paradigms.
Cardinality Estimation for a Predicate on a COUNT Expression
Paul White takes you on an optimizer journey, exploring how SQL Server comes up with cardinality estimates for COUNT queries.
Fixing an SSRS Password Error while Changing Credentials
SSRS Password error while changing credentials
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Database file shrink issue.
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The North Star for the Year
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Multiple Escape Characters
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Question of the Day
Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers