Apply for the 2019 Idera ACE Program

Sharing this before I forget, Idera is taking applications for their 2019 ACE Program. If you’re wanting to do more...

Public Service Announcement: check your backup notifications

The Azure cloud platform lost a data centre for a number of hours recently due to inclement weather. This affected...

What is Projectsv13 in SQL Change Automation?

I got this question recently from someone that was evaluating the SQL Change Automation client in Visual Studio. After setting...

All about PASS Summit 2018

Here are the things you must/should probably know about PASS Summit 2018, as told by me. First Timers Read this...

Three skills to look for in a technology partner

SQL Treeo’s founder and CEO, Danny Riebeek, reflects on his 20+ years in the IT industry. Q: What prompted you...

Overview of SQL Joins in SQL Server

The ability to combine results from related rows from multiple tables is an important part of relational database system design. In SQL...

Midlands PASS Reboot!

If you’re in or near the Columbia, SC area, we are rebooting the Midlands PASS Chapter. Here is our first...

Databases and DevOps, It’s Not Just Me

Anyone who subscribes to my blog or my YouTube channel as well as anyone following me on social media knows...

You can’t DELETE TOP (x) with an ORDER BY

Did you know you can’t do this?
DELETE TOP (10)
FROM SalesOrderDetail
ORDER BY SalesOrderID DESC;Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 8

Incorrect...

Careful with your SQL Server Max Memory settings

Quite often I see database administrators set SQL Server max server memory thinking everything related to SQL Server uses this...