Changing Context in Procs

Securing All Your Connections

Microsoft is recommending more security for SQL Servers, including dev and test instances. Do you agree this is a good idea? Would you implement this?

Typing Strange Characters–#SQLNewBlogger

I’ve had to type a few non-English characters lately, and this blog talks about how to do this. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as...

Catching a Deleted Column

Concurrency Challenges Around Schema Changes

A post on distributed systems and how schema changes are handled caught Steve's eye. See if you agree with how he thinks this should work.

The Best Career Advice

This week Steve gives links to career advice from the community.

A New Word: Volander

volander: n. the ethereal feeling of looking down at the world through an airplane window, able to catch a glimpse of far-flung places you’d never see in person, free...

Call for Panelists – WIT Panel at PASS Data Community Summit, 2023

Take a moment and submit to be on the WIT panel at the PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle this November. We would like to see more women taking part in this.

Central Management Server Credentials

ChatGpt Experiments–Getting Documentation

I get asked questions by salespeople all the time. Usually this is because a customer is struggling and I try to educate the salesperson as well as give them...