“That little green arrow.” or “My code used to work but now I’m getting a debug error.”

If you’ve worked with SSMS for any length of time this will look awfully familiar:
SSMS 2008R2

SSMS 2012 +

This little green...

Presentation Design – Before and After

Recently I gave a session on the SQL Server Days about the new features for business intelligence in SQL Server...

SQL server Encryption – Transact SQL Functions.

In the previous blogs we came across various encrypt functions like ENCRYPTBYKEY(),ENCRYPTBYASYMKEY(),ENCRYPTBYCERT().We also saw the corresponding decrypt functions likeDECRYPTBYKEY(),DECRYPTBYCERT(),DECRYPTBYASYMKEY(),DECRYPTBYCERT(),We shall...

Speaking at SQLSaturday #459, Madrid 2015

Glad to share that I have been picked up to speak at Spanish SQLSaturday for the second time in a...

Congratulations New 2015-2016 BRSSUG Officers!

We elected new officers tonight for the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group Official PASS Chapter, the second year in...

Best Tools for Taking Notes In Development

Best Tools for Taking Notes In Development
Developers have a lot to juggle. Do a few of these things sound familiar:
Juggle...

Speaking at SQL Saturday #452 - Charlotte, NC - October 17

In case you missed it last week, there will be another SQL Saturday this weekend in Charlotte, NC. If you...

New SSDT Projects default to the latest version of SQL Server

When you create a new SSDT project it is created (at the moment) as a SQL Server 2014 project which...

New SSDT Projects default to the latest version of SQL Server

When you create a new SSDT project it is created (at the moment) as a SQL Server 2014 project which...

New SSDT Projects default to the latest version of SQL Server

When you create a new SSDT project it is created (at the moment) as a SQL Server 2014 project which...