James Phillips is a Sr. Consultant with Pragmatic Works and has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5. James lives in Northwest New Jersey with his wife Amy and has 4 children: Hannah, Lillian, John and James Jr. He has spoken at several SQL Saturday events over the past few years and is the Leader of the PASS New Jersey SQL Server User group. His focus is mainly on SQL Server Performance as well as SSIS and SSAS technologies.

Database DevOps – Where do I start?

by jphillips-46546

Another SQL Geek

By now you have most likely heard the term DevOps and you are most likely working for a company that has implemented DevOps is some manner, that could be...

2020-07-29 (first published: 2020-07-17)

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Snowflake – Understanding constraints

by jphillips-46546

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One of the concepts in Snowflake that I find many struggle with is how constraints are handled. If you come from a traditional database platform such as Microsoft SQL...

2020-07-21 (first published: 2020-07-08)

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Don’t be afraid of No

by jphillips-46546

Another SQL Geek

How many times have you been afraid to hear “No”? We have all been there because we have been trained over the years to perceive “No” as a rejection,...

2020-07-17 (first published: 2020-07-08)

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SSIS Package Execution Failure – When google fails you :(

by jphillips-46546

Another SQL Geek

We have all done it, get some sort of cryptic error and the first place we go to search is Google hoping the sea of message boards and blog...

2020-03-23 (first published: 2020-03-14)

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MS Ignite Day #2 Recap

by jphillips-46546

Another SQL Geek

Day 2 was my opportunity to be focused and dive into a few technologies that were really peaking my interest, namely Azure Synapse Analytics and SQL Server 2019. Since...

2019-11-13 (first published: 2019-11-06)

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MS Ignite Day#1 Recap

by jphillips-46546

Another SQL Geek

What an amazing first day at Microsoft Ignite that all started at about 6:30 this morning when I got in line to be one of the first 3000...

2019-11-05

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Employees don’t work for you; you work for them

by jphillips-46546

Another SQL Geek

Alex Yates (b | t) is hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday (the 119th edition) with asking us to write about something in our IT career that we have changes our minds...

2019-10-15 (first published: 2019-10-09)

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Leadership Part 2: Talent acquisition and Employee Retention

by jphillips-46546

Another SQL Geek

The two most costly human capital expenses an organization will have is the onboarding and offboarding of staff. Just take a moment to think about that and if your...

2019-06-26 (first published: 2019-06-12)

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Back with new focus

by jphillips-46546

Another SQL Geek

Back with a new focus First let me say wow can’t believe that it has been almost 3 years since I have blogged. The last few years my career...

2019-06-16

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Leadership Part 1: Team building

by jphillips-46546

Another SQL Geek

One of the most challenging aspects of being a good leader is building a team that can support the initiatives you will set forth. Without a team that will...

2019-06-14 (first published: 2019-05-28)

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Database DevOps – Where do I start?

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MS Ignite Day #2 Recap

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Back with new focus

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