A NULL Is Not Unknown

Like it or not, NULLs happen. I don’t think that’s I’ve ever seen a production database that didn’t have NULLs.
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Feb 2011 S3OLV Meeting

I am getting this out extremely late.  I seriously have good excuses for that.  Due to my location and Charley...

Feb 2011 S3OLV Meeting

I am getting this out extremely late.  I seriously have good excuses for that.  Due to my location and Charley feeling ill, we will be doing the S3OLV UG...

I make myself smile

Sometimes, usually when I’m editing video, I see myself do something silly. Today was one of those times, and these...

My devLINK Abstracts

For the past few years, I’ve spoken at a great event in Nashville called devLINK. I’ve really enjoyed speaking there.

Although...

PowerShell Interfaces with Other Hammers

This month’s installment of T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Pat Wright (blog | twitter). Pat says: “So the topic I have chosen for this month is Automation! It can...

PowerShell Interfaces with Other Hammers

This month’s installment of T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Pat Wright (blog | twitter). Pat says: “So the topic I have...

Presentations: Slides and Demos

Over the past couple of weeks I have given several presentations.  At each presentation I have promised to post the...

Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc announced the upcoming availability of Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 on...

SQL University: SQL Server Security Architecture - 3rd Party, Some Options

Day 3 of Security Week at SQL University is now in session. You're implementing a third party solution and you...