Chris

Chris started in computing and I.T. in the mid to late 1990's. After the dust had settled from Y2K, he found himself a bit more focused and working with database servers on the Unix platform. His first exposure to SQL Server was in 2007 and he has been working on that platform ever since. Chris is currently a Sr. SQL Server DBA in more of a DevOps role with a main focus on operational reliability, stability and performance. His specialty is automation. He truly enjoys the days he gets to spend building tools with PowerShell to help his fellow DBA's manage their ever growing SQL Server environment.

Blog Post

QDS Forced Plans - Gotchas and Limitations

Released with SQL Server 2016, Query Data Store was a game changer for performance tuning. Right from Microsoft’s website: The SQL Server Query Store feature provides you with...

2020-10-20 (first published: )

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Rolling Back a Broken Release

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We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...

A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth

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You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...

Presenting with Visual Studio Code

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A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...

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Cross-DB Ownership Chaining problem

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We want to setup a gateway db to host stored procedures which use tables...

Lots of FKs

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet

By Cláudio Tereso

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Question of the Day

Lots of FKs

In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?

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