Creating a Comma-Separated List (SQL Spackle)
Learn how to create a comma separated list of values in this short SQL Spackle article by Wayne Sheffield.
Express a Number or Currency in Words with T-SQL Code
This SQL script allows you to take a number and convert the number to words, and convert a currency value into words.
Simple Talks podcast episode 2: Coffee chat with Huxley Kendell
Host Louis Davidson meets with Solutions Engineer Huxley Kendell, to chat about his experience in working in the tech industry. Listen in to this episode for discussions including LLMs and AI, Coding and Career paths, all the way to Dungeons and Dragons.
Choosing a File Format - Data Engineering with Fabric
In this next article, learn about the different file formats and which work well inside your Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse.
Relationally Divided over EAV
A document search on a billion row "EAV" table is predicted to take 134 days. With a few design tweaks and an efficient relational division algorithm, Peter Larsson got it down to milliseconds.
Auditing SQL Server – Part 2 – Hardware Audit
This is the second part of my series on auditing SQL Server. In the first part, I discussed basic server discovery and documentation. It covered some items to check at the hardware level and configuration items, but this section gets into more detailed hardware auditing details.
The full agenda for the Redgate Summit New York is live!
The full agenda for the Redgate Summit New York is live! Join us to stay ahead of the curve and gain valuable insights from industry experts like Bob Ward (Microsoft), Mri Pandit (Navy Federal Credit Union), Erik Darling (Darling Data), Steve Jones (Redgate Software), and many more.
Git, GitHub and Visual Studio Code for SQL Server
Learn how to get started with Git and Visual Studio Code.
MTTD
Achieving high availability is hard. Today Steve discusses the challenges of five nines of uptime.
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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