The New Redgate Office in Cambridge
I’m in Cambridge, UK this week for the internal Global Marketing Week and Level Up Conference. This is my first visit to Cambridge in 2023, and we have a...
2023-06-30 (first published: 2023-06-14)
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Blog Posts
Twenty Years as a Guardian ad Litem
Twenty years ago, I stood in a courtroom and took an oath for a volunteer job I had no idea I would fall so much
The post Twenty Years as...
2023-06-30 (first published: 2023-06-26)
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Azure chaos STUDIO
Chaos engineering is fun but especially important when building solutions in the cloud. It is great leveraging the cloud to build something, whether that’s a globally distributed website with...
2023-06-28 (first published: 2023-06-08)
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Code signing for mere mortals
Well, turns out code signing is pretty complex, so I’m writing this blog post as a guide for my future self. I hope he will appreciate, and perhaps some...
2023-06-28 (first published: 2023-06-10)
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Typing Strange Characters–#SQLNewBlogger
I’ve had to type a few non-English characters lately, and this blog talks about how to do this. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as...
2023-06-28
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When do Statistics get updated?
Statistics objects are important for allowing the SQL Server Optimizer to make good estimates and form efficient execution plans. Related to that it's useful for us to understand when...
2023-06-28
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Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022. What is it and is it any good?
Parameter Sensitive Plan (PSP) optimization is a new feature in SQL Server 2022 that aims to improve the performance of parameterized queries. It is part of the Intelligent Query...
2023-06-26 (first published: 2023-06-08)
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Using Azure Automation and Runbooks to Run Azure SQL Database Maintenance Tasks
I’ve been using Azure SQL Database for quite some while and have set up it in many various ways to run Ola’s Index Optimize and
The post Using Azure Automation...
2023-06-26 (first published: 2023-06-06)
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A New Word: Volander
volander: n. the ethereal feeling of looking down at the world through an airplane window, able to catch a glimpse of far-flung places you’d never see in person, free...
2023-06-23
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ChatGpt Experiments–Getting Documentation
I get asked questions by salespeople all the time. Usually this is because a customer is struggling and I try to educate the salesperson as well as give them...
2023-06-23 (first published: 2023-06-02)
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Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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