SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Spring 2024
The short story: SQL Server 2019 appears poised to swallow the SQL Server market altogether, hahaha.
Managed Instance Impressions
Today Steve asks about your view of Managed Instance. He has found many people like the offering quite a bit.
What is new in Copilot, the new features available
Learn how Daniel Calbimonte is using the AI in Bing to have some fun, write some code, and get help.
SQL Server Temporary Stored Procedures
Learn about creating stored procedures in the SQL Server tempdb database and why you might want to create temporary stored procedures.
Takeaways from Data Grillen 2024
Two days of Data, Beer and Bratwurst. What did it bring me, find out by reading this photo-rich article.
The Costs and Rewards of Speaking
Steve has had a good time sharing knowledge with others at events. He gives you a few thoughts on why you might join him at a future event.
How to Build Metadata Driven Pipelines in Microsoft Fabric
Over the past years, “traditional” ETL development has morphed into data engineering, which has a more disciplined software engineering approach. One of the benefits of having a more code-based approach in data pipelines is that it has become easier to build metadata driven pipelines.
Empowering Lakehouse Users – Data Engineering with Fabric
Learn how to use the OneLake Explorer and Data Wrangler extension in VS Code to empower users to work with data in Microsoft Fabric.
Invisible Downtime
Steve has a few thoughts on invisible downtime, a term he had never heard until recently.
Troubleshoot SQL Server Always On Availability Groups with SQL LogScout
We experienced several unplanned outages and failovers on our SQL Server Always On Availability Groups. We want to know the root cause to prevent them from happening in the future. How do we identify the root causes of unplanned Availability Group outages and failovers?
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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