A New Word: Heartspur

heartspur – n.  an unexpected surge of emotion in response to a seemingly innocuous trigger – the distinctive squeal of a rusty fence, a key change in an old...

Friday Flyway Tips – Adding the Type of Database Project

There was an update to Flyway Desktop which lets you see the type of database your project is associated with, and this post shows how to get this in...

Game Night at the PASS Summit

Games Night is back at the Summit, this time on Wednesday night in a large space for 200 people plus to enjoy some fun with friends and colleagues. This...

The Database Transaction

The PASS Data Community Summit First Timer Guide

The 2023 First-Timer guide to the PASS Data Community Summit is available from Edwin Sarmiento

Advice for 2023 PASS Data Community Summit Attendees

Edwin Sarmiento has a great First Timer Guide for the PASS Data Community Summit, which is updated for 2023. He’s been compiling this since 2016, and it’s worth reading....

Using Notebooks in Azure Data Studio

Learn how to use the notebook feature of Azure Data Studio to keep a set of queries together with some documentation.

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Does Management Care About the Database?

In the past, Steve hasn't often felt management considered databases to be important, but that is changing.

The Basics of Dynamic Data Masking - Step 1 of the Stairway to Dynamic Data Masking

Learn the basics of how Dynamic Data Masking can be used to obfuscate data in SQL Server 2016+.