An Out of Date CAP

The CAP Theorem talks about the properties of distributed systems, and how you can really only have two of them in any system.

SQL Prompt Tips #2 - Casing Options

A quick tip to help you set your object names to your preferred case in T-SQL code.

A Week Before Networking at the PASS Summit

It’s a week before the Networking Dinner at the PASS Summit. Andy Warren and I are hosting the event next...

A Week Before Networking at the PASS Summit

It’s a week before the Networking Dinner at the PASS Summit. Andy Warren and I are hosting the event next...

Counting the Tally Table

Finding Azure SQL Database

SQL Source Control and Git–Getting Started

It seems as though Git is taking the world by storm as the Version Control System (VCS) of choice. TFS...

The Poor Soul

What should those accidental DBAs do when they don't get any training, but they are responsible for database servers? Steve Jones has a few pieces of advice today.

SQL Prompt Tips #1 - Selecting in the Object Explorer

A quick tip to help you get the most out of SQL Prompt.

Learn to Use Filegroups

Filegroups are a feature of SQL Server that most people don't use, but they can help you to better manage your databases as your data requirements grow larger and larger.