Year in Review 2018 – The Year of Making a Difference – Up to 50
Rough Year, But 50 Kids, Can’t Beat That!
Last year was a pretty rough year personally. I totaled two cars, not...
2019-01-04
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Speaking at DataGrillen
After speaking at SQL Saturday Iceland last year, which is a smaller event that I absolutely loved (you can read about that adventure here), I decided I wanted to...
2019-01-04
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Speaking at DataGrillen
After speaking at SQL Saturday Iceland last year, which is a smaller event that I absolutely loved (you can read...
2019-01-04
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Pro SQL Server on Linux–Getting Started
As part of my learning goals for 2018, I wanted to work through various books. This is part of my...
2019-01-18 (first published: 2019-01-04)
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Speaking at SQLBits
I got an early Christmas present this year, I found out I had been selected to speak at SQLBits! That’s what I call a gift that keeps on giving....
2019-01-04
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Speaking at SQLBits
I got an early Christmas present this year, I found out I had been selected to speak at SQLBits! That’s...
2019-01-04
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Azure – Backing up to URL
In a previous post, I talked about some of the available storage options that can be used to back up...
2019-01-14 (first published: 2019-01-04)
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Looking Forward
2018 has come and gone. And we’re on a new year once again. This is another opportunity for a new...
2019-01-04
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Query memory grants part 1: Where does the memory go?
Let’s talk about how queries use memory, specifically in the execution plan. One of the query operators that use memory...
2019-01-04
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Speaking at SQL Saturday Nashville
I am excited and honored to announce that I have been selected to speak at SQL Saturday Nashville on January 12, 2019. I’ve been to Nashville before, in fact...
2019-01-04
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Blogs
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
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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