Opening a Twitch Channel, Data Wisdom

I want to let you know that I’m starting a channel on Twitch. You’ll be able to see it here. I’m going to start doing regular live events on...

Query tuning: The IN clause

This post will cover the IN clause and another way to rewrite the same logic. I don’t intend to say...

Research into Autism in Information Technology

Title: Exploring the experiences of employees on the autism spectrum working in information technology: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

My name is...

Research into Autism in Information Technology

Title: Exploring the experiences of employees on the autism spectrum working in information technology: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

My name is Sabrina Ellis, I am the Operations Director here at...

SSDT: Build in VSCode

Over the last couple of years I have been using VSCode more and more and Visual Studio less and less,...

SSDT: Build in VSCode

Over the last couple of years I have been using VSCode more and more and Visual Studio less and less, this is great but there isn't first class support...

Storage options for SQL Server database files in Azure

If you are using SQL Server in an Azure VM (IaaS) you have a number of options of where to...

Storage options for SQL Server database files in Azure

If you are using SQL Server in an Azure VM (IaaS) you have a number of options of where to store the database files (.mdf, .ldf, and .ndf).  Most...

What a Software Evangelist Does – and Where the Job is Going (Dear SQL DBA Episode 67)

I’ve been working as an Evangelist at Redgate for close to six months now, and one question keeps coming up: what exactly does an Evangelist do at a software...

Beware! Beware of Unintended Changes When Altering Columns!

(last updated: 2019-01-15 @ 19:50 EST / 2019-01-16 @ 00:50 UTC )
I haven’t seen a lot written about these particular behaviors so I...