The Eleven Days of Festivus 2017

Last year, I celebrated the holiday season by blogging daily during the 11 days leading up to Festivus, writing about...

The One Piece of Career Advice I Wish I’d Gotten

Over the years, I’ve been approached numerous times with requests for advice from folks who are looking to get started...

T-SQL Tuesday #098–2018 Goals

A great topic for T-SQL Tuesday this time from @sqlmal. It’s Setting Learning Goals for 2018, and it’s a topic...

T-SQL Tuesday #97 – We don’t need no Education! (or do we?)

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Well, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time again  -the blog party started by Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) and this month hosted by Mala Mahadevan. This...

When Best Practices Aren’t Best

Most everyone is familiar with the term best practices. This phrase describes an industry-specific design or methodology that can be...

An Open Letter to the SQL Community: Requests of Speakers

(Part 2 of 2 -about and for Speakers.) In the previous article, Speakers were acknowledged for their dedication, passion, sacrifices, and contributions to the global SQL Server community, graciously...

An Open Letter to the SQL Community: Requests of Speakers

(Part 2 of 2 -about and for Speakers.) In the previous article, Speakers were acknowledged for their dedication, passion, sacrifices,...

An Open Letter to the SQL Community: Requests of Speakers

(Part 2 of 2 -about and for Speakers.) In the previous article, Speakers were acknowledged for their dedication, passion, sacrifices, and contributions to the global SQL Server community, graciously...

Automating T-SQL Code Analysis

With all the options available within T-SQL these days, it’s more and more imperative that our code be clear and...

Database Fundamentals #15: Modifying Data With T-SQL

The preferred method for modifying your data within a database is T-SQL. While the last Fundamentals post showed how to...