Remote Remote Work

Working remotely can be more than working at home, which Steve thinks helps the work-life balance.

T-SQL Tuesday #155–Using Dynamic SQL for SQLCMD

It’s that time of month, and I’m the host this month. I wrote the invitation last week and now its’ time to answer. I’m actually using an example from...

Daily Coping 20 Oct 2022

Today’s coping tip is to avoid blaming yourself or others. Find a helpful way forward. I’ve been busy lately. My days are jammed up with a number of presentations...

Committing the Work

Daily Coping 19 Oct 2022

Today’s coping tip is to take time to reflect on what you have accomplished recently. What have I done recently? Lots of stuff, but a couple things come out...

The Work of Work

Meeting are work, even though we sometimes don't think of them as a productive part of our job.

Windows 11 Complaints

I upgraded my primary laptop to Windows 11. A few people had said they liked it, I know that I needed to keep up at some point, and in...

An Update to Skipping the Leading Digit in T-SQL–#SQLNewBlogger

There was an interesting question in a forum, which I wrote about before. How do you skip the leading digit in a numeric value. I had looked at a...

Autocommit Transactions

Daily Coping 18 Oct 2022

Today’s coping tip is to share an important goal with someone you trust. I’m not sharing an important goal here. Honestly, some of the things that are important to...