Becoming a Microsoft MVP
I was awarded the Microsoft MVP (data platform) award on Saturday.
On the four days a year (one per quarter) when...
2016-10-03
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SQLStudies
Pinned Tabs
It’s funny how easy it is to find information you aren’t looking for. A few weeks back Stephen Bennett (b)...
2016-10-10 (first published: 2016-09-27)
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Nil to Speaker: Improving your PowerPoint skills
As I work on my speaking skills one of my tasks is improve my PowerPoint presentations. To that end I’ve...
2016-09-26
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A quick fix for a full identity column.
A while back I wrote a post on everything I knew about identity columns. In it I mentioned the following:
Negative...
2016-10-03 (first published: 2016-09-21)
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Using an ORDER BY in a view
For many years it’s been a best practice to never put an ORDER BY in a view. The idea is...
2016-09-26 (first published: 2016-09-19)
3,875 reads
Emojis in SQL Server
I blame Aaron Bertrand (b/t) and Kevin Kline (b/t). Aaron who posted a great #BackToBasics blog about naming stored procedures...
2016-09-15
1,313 reads
Azure: Creating a BACPAC from an On-Premises SQL Server Database
So to start, what’s a BACPAC?
Per the Azure documentation
When you need to create an archive of an Azure SQL database,...
2016-09-13
1,233 reads
SA Spoof
This is nothing new but it’s still a fun idea.
The problem:
The vendor app we just purchased (and are told we...
2016-09-08
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Accidental DBAs, the Developer Edition
I recently spoke at the OKC SQL Saturday. I had an wonderful time and the organizers, volunteers and other speakers...
2016-09-06
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The new Data Migration Assistant has been released!
Monday Bob Ward (b/t) announced on twitter that the new Data Migration Assistant had been released.
First things first the DMA...
2016-08-31
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Blogs
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
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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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