The Team You Want

Steve asks about your team at work today. What you like, what you need, even what you want to see in those with whom you work.

Future Data Driven is Coming Sept 27 for FREE

The Future Data Driven 2023 virtual conference is coming on September 27. Register today and save a note in your calendar. I have been honored to speak at this...

Creating an Old Symmetric Key

Rogue Colleagues

Can you trust your colleagues? We all want to, but there are always temptations, especially when life gets hard. Steve wonders today how we look at the issues of security inside of our organizations.

Running Flyway from PowerShell–A Gotcha

I ran across an interesting gotcha while trying to run a Flyway command from PowerShell. Specifically, the snapshot command and providing a parameter that is the snapshot.filename parameter. Someone...

Decrypting Stored Procedures The Cumbersome Way

I had a client that was struggling with some encrypted stored procedures. They needed to decrypt them, which I know is a pain in the #@$%@#$@#$#@. I had to...

Labor Day 2023

Happy Labor Day 2023

The Isolation Level Across Databases

The PASS Data Community Summit On Guy in a Cube

I’ve known Adam and Patrick for a long time and I’m thrilled with the content they produce on their Guy in a Cube show. It’s a great resource for...

A New Word: Merrenness

merrenness – n. the lulling isolation of driving late at night – floating through the void in an otherworldly hum, trailing red jewels in the darkness, your high beams...