My experience with TechOutbound 2018 – Caribbean
I am a passionate, regular attendee of Techoutbound (formerly SQLCruise) events. I try to do at least one every year. ...
2018-02-26
378 reads
Mala Mahadevan
DBA best practices..from the DBA from Heaven
I met Tom Roush for the first time around 9 years ago – at a PASS Summit. If I recall right...
2018-02-01
691 reads
SQL Saturday Nashville 2018
I decided to go to the SQL Saturday at Nashville this year to get some good learning and networking in...
2018-01-15
444 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #97 – My learning plan
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by…er..yours truly. I picked a topic that usually comes up for me every December...
2017-12-25 (first published: 2017-12-11)
2,387 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #97 Roundup: Learning goals for 2018
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party started by respected SQL Guru Adam Machanic. I was honored with hosting this...
2017-12-18
819 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #97 – Setting learning goals for 2018
This is my first opportunity hosting a T-SQL Tuesday and am super excited!!T-SQL Tuesday is the brainchild of well respected SQL Guru...
2017-12-04
950 reads
Dealing with disquiet
Last week I listened to a podcast from one of my best friends in the sql community – Kendra Little. In...
2017-11-23 (first published: 2017-11-11)
1,964 reads
TSQL Tuesday #96 – Folks who have made a difference
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Ewald Cress, and the topic is ‘Folks who have made a difference’. This...
2017-11-14
432 reads
PASS Summit 2017 – the best ever
I have been a PASS summit attendee for 14 years now. This year is my 15th. Every year is different...
2017-11-05
708 reads
Understanding ANOVA
ANOVA – or analysis of variance, is a term given to a set of statistical models that are used to analyze...
2017-10-16 (first published: 2017-10-09)
2,519 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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