Finding Encrypted Stored Procedures–#SQLNewBlogger

I had a client ask about how to deal with encrypted stored procedures in their database. This post looks at how to find them and I’ll have future posts...

How Wrong is Stack Overflow?

Steve has a few thoughts on a rant about Stack Overflow. An experienced developer thinks much of their information is wrong and things are getting worse.

T-SQL Tuesday #165–Job Titles

This  T-SQL Tuesday is from a new host, Josephine Bush, leader of the Boulder group just North of me. It’s an interesting invitation, asking what our job titles really...

100 Days to the Data Community Summit Keynote

The start of learning at the 2023 PASS Data Community Summit is 100 days away. I checked. The Summit starts for many of us on Monday with precons or...

Archive to the Lake

Microsoft Fabric changes the paradigm for how you might store data in your warehouse.

Checking a SchemaBound View

A New Word: Idlewild

idlewild – adj. feeling grateful to be stranded in a place where you can’t do much of anything, which temporarily alleviates the burden of being able to do anything...

Altering the Default Schema for a User

I had to test something for a customer, and as a part of this there as a need to have a different default schema for a user. I wrote...

Flexible Work Policies are Preferred

New research says that companies with flexible work policies, hybrid or remote, find they are able to hire staff more quickly.

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