Monthly Archives: July 2024

A New Word: Fitching

Posted on July 12, 2024 by way0utwest

fitching – v. intr. compulsively turning away from works of art you find frustratingly, nauseatingly good – wanting to shut off the film and leave the theater, or devour a book only in maddeningly little chunks – because it resonates … Continue reading →

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The Stretch Database Retirement

Posted on July 10, 2024 by way0utwest

Stretch Database is finally going away. It is being retired. It was deprecated on Nov 16, 2022, from SQL Server 2022. Effective Jul 9, 2024, the supporting Azure service is retired. I saw this in an announcement on Jul 3, … Continue reading →

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Test Data Manager in Under 10 Minutes

Posted on July 10, 2024 by way0utwest

Test Data Manager (TDM) is a suite of products from Redgate that make it easy to build dev and test databases in seconds. It’s a nice rewrite of a number of pieces of technology that we have sold for years, … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #176: One piece of advice for Past Steve

Posted on July 9, 2024 by way0utwest

I almost missed this month, so this is also a good #SQLNewBlogger post. I thought about it for a few minutes as I ate breakfast at my desk and then knocked this out. This is the monthly T-SQL Tuesday blog … Continue reading →

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