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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Splitting up the Mission of PASS

Following up on Should There Be A Successor to PASS? I have a couple more thoughts. One of the many complaints about PASS over the years was about perceived value....

2021-01-04 (first published: )

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The 2021 Plan for SQLOrlando

Over the past couple years we’ve been slowly evolving from a fairly adhoc plan of doing what we did last year to a semi structured plan that was mainly...

2020-12-20

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The Future of PASS

2020 has been a tough year for PASS. It’s primary fund raiser – the PASS Summit – was converted to a virtual event that attracted fewer attendees and far...

2020-12-04 (first published: )

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Serious Thoughts About PASS

Back when Covid started I guessed that this might be yet another live-or-die challenge for PASS. PASS is heavily dependent on Summit revenue and uses it to fund all...

2020-11-23 (first published: )

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Blogs

SQL Server Journey Part 2: Modern Era (2017 – 2026) – AI/Cloud First

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Following up on my Part 1 baseline, the journey from 2017 onward changed how...

Google Moves Up Post-Quantum Cryptography Timeline

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In cryptography, the RSA and ECC algorithms which we use primarily for asymmetric cryptography...

The Book of Redgate: No Politics

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In today’s world, this might mean something different, but in 2010, we had this...

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Dancing Robot Goes Rogue

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advice as i migrate my winscp based ssis pkg to our prod server

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Hi , i installed winscp on my pc, added it to GAC thru vs...

Identities and Sequences II

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Identities and Sequences II

In thinking about the differences between the identity property and a sequence object, which of these two guarantees that there are consecutive numbers (according to the increment) inserted in a single table?

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