Category Archives: Blog

T-SQL Tuesday #185–Being a Video Star

Posted on April 8, 2025 by way0utwest

This month we have an interesting invite. Erik Darling is the host, and since he does a lot of video blogs, he’s asking for a video submission for T-SQL Tuesday. The topic and content is up to each of us, … Continue reading →

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Limiting Results with TEXTSIZE in SQL Server: #SQLNewBlogger

Posted on April 7, 2025 by way0utwest

There is a SET command in SQL Server that changes how much data is returned from some fields. This short post shows what I learned about the SET TEXTSIZE command. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves … Continue reading →

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The Book of Redgate–Being Reasonable

Posted on April 4, 2025 by way0utwest

As a part of the Book of Redgate, we have a series of (red, of course) pages with the title “What we believe”. These are our values, as set up by the founders. The first one of these is: You … Continue reading →

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Comparing My Current Schema with a Backup with SQL Compare

Posted on March 31, 2025 by way0utwest

A customer asked if they needed to restore a database from backup to compare the schema in a database. They don’t and this post shows that. This is part of a series of posts on SQL Compare. Setting Up a … Continue reading →

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