Your Lack of Documentation is Costing You More Than You Think
You’ve got a mountain of work to get done and not enough time to do it in. There’s simply just not...
2011-02-01
1,509 reads
John Sansom
The Art of the Outstanding DBA
Being average is dull. Are we consistently producing quality that we can be proud of, each and every time? So...
2011-01-25
575 reads
Why Every DBA Needs a Buddy
If you truly desire to be an effective SQL Server Database Administrator then you absolutely must have a buddy.
SQL Server...
2011-01-19
2,790 reads
Why Every DBA Needs a Buddy
If you truly desire to be an effective SQL Server Database Administrator then you absolutely must have a buddy.
SQL Server...
2011-01-18
1,905 reads
T-SQL Tuesday 14: Techie Resolutions for You not Me
Is it just me or has the community done the whole “What are my goals for this year” thing to...
2011-01-11
651 reads
The Best Database Administrators Automate Everything
Do you understand the value of your time? I mean really understand it. Time is your absolute number one most valuable asset. Once...
2011-01-04
1,425 reads
TSQL Tuesday 13: Managing Unrealistic Expectations
It’s that time of the month again, no not that one, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time and this weeks topic is...
2010-12-14
667 reads
Life Without a Net – My comment
Did you catch the brilliant and thought provoking editorial post Life Without a Net by Rodney Landrum on SQL Server...
2010-11-02
419 reads
The Perfect SQL Server DBA / Developer Role
Whilst enjoying my coffee fix this morning, along with today’s SQL Server Central Email, my attention was caught by Steve...
2010-09-09
353 reads
10 Character Traits of Outstanding DBA’s
What are the character traits of outstanding SQL Server Database Administrators (DBA) ?
You know what I’m talking about. There are...
2010-08-24
975 reads
Blogs
Stop Using Pandas for Aggregations — Try DuckDB Instead
If you've ever loaded a 2 GB CSV into pandas just to run a...
Understanding Fabric Ontology
By James Serra
What problem is Fabric Ontology trying to solve? For years, most data conversations have...
QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A...
Forums
Stairway to Reliable Database Deployment Level 3 – Rehearsing Changesets Across Environments
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Question of the Day
QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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