Find the Hidden Lego Steve at the Summit

I’m part of a Redgate promotion at the PASS Data Community Summit. They ordered some Lego Steve’s, which will be available at the booth. You can post some photos...

Self-Service Databases

When I first started work as a software developer, I knew that getting an environment set up where I could compile a project might take a few hours or a few days. The complexities of how people built software projects, the dependencies, and more were handled in a very immature manner. These days I can […]

The External Pushdown

Daily Coping 15 Nov 2022

Today’s coping tip is to sign up to try a new activity, course, or community. I somewhat did this early in the fall by choosing to go through the...

Daily Coping 14 Nov 2022

Today’s coping tip is to get outside and observe the changes in nature around you . Nature is changing in Colorado as winter approaches. It’s been a dry year,...

Getting Started Speaking – #NewStarNovember

My journey might be somewhat unusual, but perhaps not. I started writing articles on the Internet at a few different places before I started SQL Server Central. There were...

The Importance of New Speakers–#NewStarNovember

Many of us have learned how to research and get new information online. I certainly think the written word, whether from formal articles at places like SQL Server Central...

What's the Edge Case?

Building software means not only considering the data people expect, but also edge cases. Steve asks if you know what those edge cases are?

Practical IOT

The use of IoT and lots of data is allowing governments to better serve their citizens.

Adding SQL Variant Data