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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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...

T-SQL Tuesday #15 DBA Automaton

Often, we hear about DBA's automating everything under the sun.  Why?  It simplifies the job and creates time to work on other projects.
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After almost 12 months of fundraising, training, walking up various mountains, sleepless nights and plenty of...

Opportunity Cost versus Real Cost

One of the hardest lessons to learn and put into practice as a self-employed consultant is that of Real Cost...

Immersions Training

The last week of January 2011, I wrote a blog post entering a contest for free training at the hands of SQLSkills.  Later that week an announcement was made...

Immersions Training

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