Are You A Technical Expert or Manager?
Expert or Manager? Why not both.
Are you a Technical Expert or a Manager? You certainly cannot be both.
At least that’s...
2013-01-29
975 reads
John Sansom
How To Win Career Gold
The start of a new working year is often a time for self reflection. This is a great thing, it’s...
2013-01-22
1,058 reads
Top 10 Free SQL Server Tools
What better way to kick off a new year than with a look back at some of the top free...
2013-01-15
12,970 reads
Step Up and Take More Ownership
This post is part of the T-SQL Tuesday Meme, this month hosted by Jason Brimhall. His chosen theme, to come up with...
2013-01-08
1,559 reads
Your Top 10 Posts of the Year
Top of the Flops
Short and sweet today, here’s what you enjoyed reading the most this year on the blog. No...
2012-12-17
784 reads
The Great DBA Getaway
Free, at last!
It’s holiday season which means it’s a time for you all to buy me gifts super busy time for Data...
2012-12-12
1,032 reads
A Journey To SQL Authority
I am delighted to welcome to the blog someone who is without a doubt one of the biggest names in...
2012-10-09
1,128 reads
Clients Love The Way I Jiggle
It’s one of the most enjoyable things about being a consultant.
I’m not talking about my suspect dance moves here. I’m...
2012-09-18
1,143 reads
Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 14/09/12
It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week!
Make sure you don’t miss this weekly round-up of SQL Server Links,...
2012-09-14
1,532 reads
How To Simply Say You’re a DBA
Have you ever looked back on a conversation where someone asked you “what do you do?” and felt disappointed with your reply?...
2012-09-03
979 reads
Blogs
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....
Forums
SQL 2025 SSMS Nonsense
Yeah, I know this is a 2022 forum, but I don't see a 2025...
PowerBI Question - Data Sources
I don't see a PowerBI forum, so I'm posting here. I have a need...
SQL Server Certificates
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SQL Server Certificates
Which of these is not true for certificates used for SQL Server connections?
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