Datatypes In Your Mind–Question Of The Day
My latest question Datatypes In Your Mind is live today and it’s generated quite the discussion. I wrote here about...
2014-05-06
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Andy Warren
2014-05-06
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Better, Faster, and Cheaper
When building a system, you need to make choices. However, do you always need to make the choice of only two of the three "good, fast, or cheap" choices? Andy Warren has a few thoughts.
2014-05-05
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SQLServerCentral Editorial: Better, Faster, and Cheaper
Better, Faster, and Cheaper was published today and I hope you’ll read it, and then challenge your own assumptions for...
2014-05-05
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Blogging-Write More
Blogging isn’t easy. You have to come up with a topic, write about it, and then release it for the...
2014-05-02 (first published: 2014-04-22)
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Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 5
More notes, many from a chat with Kendal.
We wish we could see the open rate on email and an...
2014-05-02
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Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 6 (Seminars)
Seminars (aka “pre-cons”) have been part of the DNA of SQLSaturday going back to #1. For those that weren’t there...
2014-05-02
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Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 4
I spent some more time last night thinking about the event and marketing it. Biased I am, but I think...
2014-05-01
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A New Stressor
I tend to be amused when I run into something that causes me stress because I like to think – foolishly...
2014-04-30
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Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 3
Not to short change fund raising, but the toughest goal to meet for this year is registration/attendance if we’re going...
2014-04-30
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Blogs
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports
By James Serra
Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...
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SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
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Another Model, More Data Loss
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Question of the Day
Finding a Database Master Key
Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?
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