Celebrating Tomorrow

The DBA's Twelve Days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me A table with a primary key On the second day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me Two Foreign Keys, and A table with a primary key On the third day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me Three stored procs […]

The Max PK Length

What's Your Area of Expertise?

We might be smart in one area, but not others. That's worth remembering.

The Microsoft SQL Year in Review

Microsoft gives a year in review from the SQL Server and Azure SQL teams. Steve sees a lot of accomplishments from this past year.

A New Word: Etherness

etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones, all too aware that even though the room is filled with warmth and laughter now,...

T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator

I have been working in various computer languages for a long time. When I saw that the || operator was coming, I was a bit confused as to why we needed this, and how it would work. After all, this is a part of other languages. I decided to dig in a bit. This is […]

UNISTR Basics

Your Value from a Conference

Today Steve asks what value you get from attending conferences or other events.

Deprecated Feature Tracking