David Postlethwaite - Exciting news.

By David Postlethwaite

I have been chosen to speak at SQL Saturday in Vienna, Austria  on 28th February.
The organisers have just...

Discussing Security with Boris Hristov on SQLHangout #29

Over the years I’ve done a number of posts on various aspects of security. In fact the first thing I...

I’m a SQL Server MVP!

I have been working with SQL Server for the past 17 years, and in the past few years I have...

Impact Players – SQL Style

Awhile back I did a post on my Fab Five – was one of my favorite ones I’ve done to date...

Parameterization Part 7: Summary

This is a summary of the parameterization blog post series. If you read the previous posts in the series, then...

She Taught Me to Code–A Tribute to Sheila, My Wife

A tribute is an expression of gratitude or praise. A couple of years ago, I started a series about individuals...

SQL Cruise Caribbean Is Coming Soon

Want to get out of the winter blues and into some warmer weather for some deep SQL Server training? Join...

The big disconnect with Connect

A couple of years ago I blogged about a bug on the Data Collector that I couldn’t resolve but with an...

T-SQL Random Numbers using RAND() for Test Data

T-SQL Random Numbers using RAND()
SQL Server includes the T-SQL RAND() function to create a random value between 0 and 1...

2014 Year In Review

As is our want, we must look back over the past year to see what happened. While I normally focus...