Hubbard Family Recovery–A Friend
Today’s post will not be your regular tech or leadership blog from me today. The Hubbard family suffered a tragic loss on January 12th, 2022. They lost their home,...
2022-01-14
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The SQL Professor
The Power of User Groups
Fascination has always been with me when thinking of developing local talent. It has helped me immensely in my career both as an attendee, presenter, chapter leader, and more....
2021-08-23
82 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #141 Work/Life Balance
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by TJay Belt (@tjaybelt). I find this month’s topic, balancing work and life, intriguing, and after a hiatus of non-blogging, I’m happy that...
2021-08-10
20 reads
Friend of RedGate 2021
This past month RedGate graciously allowed me to be a part of their Friend of RedGate program. It’s been a great seven year run with this program and I...
2021-02-11
12 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #135: The outstanding tools of the trade that make your job awesome
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on a T-SQL Tuesday topic and glad to see the topic being discussed by Mike Bronowski (blog) on tools. Throughout my career,...
2021-02-09
149 reads
Release Your Inner Synapse
I don’t know about you, but as Microsoft has produced the Azure Synapse platform, I see a plethora of needs that could be fulfilled by it. Being in a...
2021-02-12 (first published: 2021-02-08)
328 reads
Friend of Redgate 2020
Last week I was excited to receive an email from Redgate notifying me that I have been renewed for another year as a Friend of Redgate. Our shop has...
2020-02-18
17 reads
Why I’m Running For The PASS Board – Again
Hello, it’s amazing to me how fast the past couple of years have gone by as I’ve served on the PASS Board. It has been a journey that has...
2019-11-02
13 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #119 – Changing Your Mind
This month Alex Yates (B|T) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday which is a monthly blog party started by Adam Machanic (B|T) and co-ordinated by Steve Jones (B|T) The challenge that...
2019-10-08
74 reads
Friend of Redgate 2019
The crew at Redgate has deemed me worthy enough to be in their Friend of Redgate program for another year....
2019-02-12
99 reads
Blogs
SQL Blunders: Stop Writing These Pointless Queries & Write Smarter!
They run, they return data. So what? Some SQL queries just waste your time...
Copilot Outside of SSMS Seems to Work
By Steve Jones
I read Brent’s first look at SSMS and Copilot in there. He didn’t have...
A New Word: Falesia
By Steve Jones
falesia– n. the disquieting awareness that someone’s importance to you and your importance to...
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A Basic Data API Builder ADD
What parameters are required for the dab add command in the Data API Builder?
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