Pesky Percent File Growth

As DBAs we all know setting your file growth to grow by percent is not optimal.  It can cause all...

Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 35 – Box and Whiskers (Jan Pieter))

In this module you will learn how to use the Box and Whiskers (Jan Pieter) Power BI Custom Visual.  This...

Speaking at Techorama 2017

I’m delighted to announce that I’m selected as a speaker for the Techorama event.

Techorama is a developer congress focusing (but...

SQL and the other technologies

I was curious about how the SQL language stands with the other technologies. Next table shows it. The data is...

SQL Server 2008 RTM - Maintenance Plans need Integration Services installed

The tail end of last week was a bit of a throwback week for me. For reasons that I’ll not...

#ReadyRoll at #SQLintheCity

When Redgate purchased ReadyRoll a few years ago, I wasn’t sure this was a great idea. After all, SQL Source...

A New Year, A New Company and A New DenverSQL Chapter

2016 was a great year, both personally and professionally. Personally, our family is well and the kids are growing into...

Altering Data Length of a Primary Key Column

This is not an article or a script. I am posting this just to share my experience and I feel...

Azure quick start

In case you hadn’t noticed, I love built in help. DBCC HELP, the script button in SSMS, even BOL. Well...

Creating a connect entry.

I recently wrote a blog about how to tell why your SQL login isn’t working. There were a lot of...