Never let a good crisis go to waste

Making change sometimes comes out of painful situations.

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Basic Git for DBAs: Ignoring Files and Customizing Your Environment

This is the eighth article in a series on the basics of using Git. The other articles in the series are: Basic Git for DBAs: Getting Started with Git Basic Git for DBAs: Sharing Files Through GitHub Basic Git for DBAs: the Basics of Branches Basic Git for DBAs: Making Changes in GitHub Basic Git […]

Daily Coping 14 Dec 2020

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Ignoring Comments in SQL Compare

Recently I had a client that wanted to know how they could use SQL Compare to catch actual changes in their code, but not have comments show up as...

Prized PII

Do you know what data is most prized by criminals? The answer might surprise you.

Basic JSON Queries–#SQLNewBlogger

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. Recently I saw Jason Horner do a presentation...

Closure with the Professional Organization for SQL Server

I know that this isn’t the correct name, though the by-laws still list this as the corporation. Perhaps this is one more sign of the failure to evolve and...

Daily Coping 11 Dec 2020

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Reflections

Today is a day for reflections in Steve's life, looking back at the incredible year of 2020.