I’m speaking at the Data Saturday Holland!

As you may have noticed, the agenda for Data Saturday Holland was recently published. I’m delighted to share that I will be conducting a full-day precon on October 7,...

T-SQL Tuesday #165: What Do All The Database Job Titles Actually Mean?

It’s an honor to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday. In case you don’t know the rules already, here is a recap of them: Earlier this year, when I was...

A high level view of the most costly queries by CPU

A high level view of the most costly queries by CPU

I want to see at a high level i.e at batch or stored procedure level, not at the individual...

Assigning a Default Schema to a New User–#SQLNewBlogger

I had to test something for a customer, and as a part of this there as a need to have a different default schema for a user. Since this...

A New Word: Fitzcarraldo

fitzcaraldo – n. a random image that becomes lodged deep in your brain – maybe washed there by a dream, or smuggled inside a book, or planted during a...

Creating a Speaking Failures Support Group

Earlier this week the emails went out to speakers who submitted to the PASS Data Community Summit 2023 conference. These were acceptances and rejections, letting people know the results...

The two hardest concepts of security are Who? and Where?

I was having a conversation with some friends the other day and Jen McCown (blog|twitter) asked about SQL Server security ... Continue reading

I’m back! I’m still a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. And other minor life updates.

I stopped blogging late last year. I’ll be honest, I was tired. I had decided to take a month or ... Continue reading

Code that made you feel a certain way : T-SQL Tuesday #164

It’s been a while, but I’m finally participating in T-SQL Tuesday again! This month Erik Darling (blog|twitter) is hosting. Ever ... Continue reading

T-SQL Tuesday #164: Code that makes you feel

The invitation this month is from Erik Darling, and it’s a neat one. I like this thought, asking us to find code that impressed us or made us feel...