A Basic Update Trigger: #SQLNewBlogger

I had someone ask me about using triggers to detect changes in their tables. As I explained a few things, I thought this would make a nice series, so...

How Many Nested Triggers?

IT Unionization

Steve wonders if unions might be a good thing for tech workers.

Calculating Month End

Getting References for GenAI Results

I wrote an editorial on the view of GenAI tech from execs and someone commented that they wanted references for results. Most of us might take a result from...

Helping Students with a Data Professional Career

Steve has advice for students looking to become data professionals.

A Basic Data API Builder ADD

A New Word: Falesia

falesia– n.  the disquieting awareness that someone’s importance to you and your importance to them may not necessarily match – that your best friend might only think of you...

Copilot Outside of SSMS Seems to Work

I read Brent’s first look at SSMS and Copilot in there. He didn’t have a great opinion of the tool, especially comparing it to Gemini or Claude. I haven’t...

Deleting a Database

Who among us hasn't deleted a production data file? Steve hopes most of us have not.