Chris Yates

Chris Yates is a Database Administration Manager with over thirteen years of experience in the SQL industry. His experience includes design and implementation of both OLTP and OLAP solutions as well as assessment and implementation of SQL Server environments for best practices, performance, and high availability solutions accompanied by a strong development background. He enjoys helping others in the SQL Server community and does this by contributing on several SQL forums, creating “The SQL Professor”, and speaking at several SQL functions. His passion and focus is not only with technology but also helping others along their way and career path.

A Letter To A Younger Yates

by Chris Yates

The SQL Professor

Hello much younger Yates. Hope you’ve been doing well. Why don’t you pull up a chair and stay for a...

2017-01-31

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5 Characteristics Every Leader Should Practice

by Chris Yates

The SQL Professor

The word leadership has many synonyms attributed to it. Something that can be learned early on in one’s career is that...

2017-01-24

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Why Use Red Gate’s SQL Multi Script?

by Chris Yates

The SQL Professor

Someone once told me at the shop that we have plenty of software utilities laying around that could be very...

2017-01-18

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Hold The Fort

by Chris Yates

The SQL Professor

Have you ever heard the phrase “Hold The Fort”? Long ago in battle supply routes were targeted by enemy regiments...

2017-01-12 (first published: 2017-01-05)

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Looking Back At 2016

by Chris Yates

The SQL Professor

When this blog started back in 2011 I had no idea that it would continue to grow to where it...

2016-12-29

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The New PASS Logo and More

by Chris Yates

The SQL Professor

Change is not always easy. In fact, change is hard.
“Change” is a word from which some people shy away, and...

2016-12-20

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A Data Professional’s Story – PASS Summit 2016

by Chris Yates

The SQL Professor

This year is different. Why? I’m not sure yet. There is a lot of reflection going on since my return...

2016-11-11 (first published: 2016-11-02)

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PASS Keynote Part 2 – Live Coverage

by Chris Yates

The SQL Professor

Good morning from PASS Summit in Seattle, Washington. Like yesterday I will be live blogging the event. The same format...

2016-10-27

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PASS Summit Keynote 2 – Release 1

by Chris Yates

The SQL Professor

Grant Fritchey taking the stage to talk about the financial health of PASS.
250k members , 170 countries, and 87% global representation...

2016-10-27

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PASS Summit Keynote 2 – Release 2

by Chris Yates

The SQL Professor

Dr. David DeWitt is getting ready to take the stage to a huge ovation and is thrilled to be back...

2016-10-27

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Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger

A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...

Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)

When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...

T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …

This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...

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Checking the Error Log I

On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?

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