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Editor, SQLServerCentral

Being Responsible for Data

For much of my career, I’ve run SQL Server Central. A large part of the popularity of the site is from the forums, where people can pose questions about their struggles with SQL Server and get answers from the community. … Continue reading

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Capturing Data Changes

While working with a customer recently, I saw some code from them that used the OUTPUT and INTO clauses of an UPDATE statement to capture the changes made into another table. In this case, as users updated code strings in … Continue reading

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How Important is Zero Downtime?

As I work with more and more customers at Redgate, I see some interesting trends. During the pandemic (and prior), we got a lot of questions on zero downtime and how to achieve database DevOps without causing problems. Those are … Continue reading

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Daily Coping 24 Mar 2023–The Final Tip

Today’s coping tip is to discover the joy in the simple things in life. This is the last coping tip for now. It’s been 3 years, and I hope you’ve enjoyed them. I have really tried to enjoy simple, little … Continue reading

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