Thank you to @MrDenny
I wanted to take a quick moment to thank Denny Cherry for selecting me for Speaker Idol this year.
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2016-10-29
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Confessions of a Microsoft Addict
Why I don’t love SELECT INTO
Long ago there were locking / blocking problems with the SELECT INTO statement. That’s not the case anymore and for AdHoc...
2016-10-20
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Read this before using SQL 2016 Temporal Tables
I’ve been testing the new Temporal Tables feature over the past day to see about using it in one of...
2016-10-26 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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A quick note comparing ISNULL vs COALESCE
There are hundreds of blogs that compare the T-SQL ISNULL function with the ANSI standard COALESCE function. There are also...
2016-10-13
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Off-topic: If you’re in Texas and 18+ yrs old
Today is the last day to register to vote in Texas. I’m not sure about other states in the US...
2016-10-11
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Making the case for CamelCase naming
Coding and database standards like a religion or politics. Some people are fanatics and others really don’t care whatsoever. Getting...
2016-10-17 (first published: 2016-10-10)
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Understanding the new MAXDOP settings in SQL 2016
If you have just begun using SQL Server 2016 or you have been using it for a while now you...
2016-10-05
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SQL 2016 SSMS memory leak?
Has SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) been crashing on you? Have you been getting Out of Memory messages when attempting...
2016-10-04
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An observation about Unicode in SQL Server Management Studio
A week or so ago I read a blog post and tweet about using an emoji in SQL Server. This...
2016-10-14 (first published: 2016-10-02)
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I’m speaking at SQL PASS 2016 (Speaker Idol)
It’s always been my dream to speak at SQL PASS Summit. It’s a tough egg to crack. In my experience...
2016-09-29
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Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
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Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
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Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
By SQLPals
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
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Negative and Positive Numbers
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Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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