Rules of Holes #1: Stop Digging
You may have heard of the 'First Rule of Holes'. It goes something like this: " When you suspect you might be in a hole, stop digging. " That...
2012-11-12
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SQLSequel
Rules of Holes #1: Stop Digging
You may have heard of the 'First Rule of Holes'. It goes something like this: " When you suspect you might be in a hole, stop digging. " That...
2012-11-12
20 reads
Rules of Holes #1: Stop Digging
You may have heard of the 'First Rule of Holes'. It goes something like this: " When you suspect you might...
2012-11-12
1,338 reads
Financial Transparency is Good for Community
I was recently in a conversation with several people that had previously organized one or more community events. The topic evolved into a discussion of Sponsors, and eventually, fund...
2011-11-07
14 reads
Financial Transparency is Good for Community
I was recently in a conversation with several people that had previously organized one or more community events. The topic evolved into a discussion of Sponsors, and eventually, fund...
2011-11-07
10 reads
Financial Transparency is Good for Community
I was recently in a conversation with several people that had previously organized one or more community events. The topic...
2011-11-07
891 reads
Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone's clamoring to cut taxes -but no one wants to have their neighborhood school closed, or...
2011-09-26
15 reads
Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone's clamoring to cut taxes -but no one wants to have their neighborhood school closed, or...
2011-09-26
12 reads
Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone’s clamoring to cut taxes -but no...
2011-09-26
895 reads
There should only be one ...
When visiting clients, I often find that one or more databases have a table (or several) containing metadata. Most often, these tables have only a single row of data...
2010-11-16
29 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Risk Vs Reward, The never...
Trigger isn't working
Hi, I have a trigger, that works fine elsewhere but is not working at...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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