Monthly Archives: December 2025

The Book of Redgate: What Our Staff Says

Posted on December 5, 2025 by way0utwest

This image is from 2010, and it goes along with my last post of what our Customers Say about us. However, this is what our employees said about the company. At this point we would have been around a 200 … Continue reading →

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PASS Keynote Shots

Posted on December 4, 2025 by way0utwest

Rodney Kidd took some great shots of the keynote and published an album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/127113040@N04/albums/72177720330695911 A few of my favorites: Here’s one of the 8 ball and keynote (and I’m enjoying myself) //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js This is a great shot of the … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Licensing is Simple

Posted on December 3, 2025 by way0utwest

Over the years I’ve had no shortage of licensing questions for SQL Server. At times it’s felt a little crazy. Look at the licensing guide. Choose EE or SE and the number of cores. Then check if you’re using VMs. … Continue reading →

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Database Collation Matters for Unicode: #SQLNewBlogger

Posted on December 3, 2025 by way0utwest

While trying to work with Unicode data, I found some issues with collation. This post showcases what I’ve seen, with probably not enough answers. The collation/UTF stuff is still slightly confusing to me. Another post for me that is simple … Continue reading →

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