Andy Warren

I started my SQL journey here at SQLServerCentral as one of the founders, helping to build a place to share and learn that continues to thrive under the editorial guidance of my friend Steve Jones. I've done a lot of volunteer work over the years ranging from our local SQL group (oPASS, SQLOrlando) to serving on the Board of Directors of PASS to designing and building the framework of SQLSaturday (which has gone on to produce more than 1000 locally managed events since we started in 2007). These days I manage a DBA team, but over the years I've been a trainer, consultant, contractor, and DBA. I'm rarely present on social media, the best way to contact me is here, LinkedIn, or via email.

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SQLSaturday Orlando 2021

We’ve opened up registration and the call for speakers for SQLSaturday Orlando, to be held October 30th at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary. In-person! We weren’t able to get...

2021-07-30 (first published: )

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SQLSaturday Orlando 2021

We’ve opened up registration and the call for speakers for SQLSaturday Orlando, to be held October 30th at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary. In-person! We weren’t able to get...

2021-07-19

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Platforms for Events

in my last post I wrote about thinking of the tools as being a separate thing from the event. Not a complicated concept, but does it matter? Maybe. Let...

2021-01-28 (first published: )

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Platforms for Events

in my last post I wrote about thinking of the tools as being a separate thing from the event. Not a complicated concept, but does it matter? Maybe. Let...

2021-01-16

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The End of PASS

I think our profession was the better for having a professional association, even if it never quite did as much as I wanted it to. I put a lot...

2021-01-16

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The End of PASS

I think our profession was the better for having a professional association, even if it never quite did as much as I wanted it to. I put a lot...

2021-01-16

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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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