Are You A Technical Expert or Manager?
Expert or Manager? Why not both.
Are you a Technical Expert or a Manager? You certainly cannot be both.
At least that’s...
2013-01-29
1,004 reads
John Sansom
How To Win Career Gold
The start of a new working year is often a time for self reflection. This is a great thing, it’s...
2013-01-22
1,076 reads
Top 10 Free SQL Server Tools
What better way to kick off a new year than with a look back at some of the top free...
2013-01-15
13,022 reads
Step Up and Take More Ownership
This post is part of the T-SQL Tuesday Meme, this month hosted by Jason Brimhall. His chosen theme, to come up with...
2013-01-08
1,564 reads
Your Top 10 Posts of the Year
Top of the Flops
Short and sweet today, here’s what you enjoyed reading the most this year on the blog. No...
2012-12-17
790 reads
The Great DBA Getaway
Free, at last!
It’s holiday season which means it’s a time for you all to buy me gifts super busy time for Data...
2012-12-12
1,037 reads
A Journey To SQL Authority
I am delighted to welcome to the blog someone who is without a doubt one of the biggest names in...
2012-10-09
1,135 reads
Clients Love The Way I Jiggle
It’s one of the most enjoyable things about being a consultant.
I’m not talking about my suspect dance moves here. I’m...
2012-09-18
1,153 reads
Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 14/09/12
It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week!
Make sure you don’t miss this weekly round-up of SQL Server Links,...
2012-09-14
1,536 reads
How To Simply Say You’re a DBA
Have you ever looked back on a conversation where someone asked you “what do you do?” and felt disappointed with your reply?...
2012-09-03
983 reads
Blogs
Experimenting with CHOOSE: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was looking over the CHOOSE() function while editing an article at SQL Server...
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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