My SQL Server Management Studio Setup
We’re all creatures of habit, and work more efficiently when we know exactly where to find the tools we need....
2017-12-18
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Tim Mitchell
Some Thoughts on Community, Leadership, and Continuous Improvement
The SQL Server community is just awesome. I can’t say that enough. I may sound like a broken record when...
2017-12-17
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The Value of Shortcuts
Decades ago when I was working as a retail clerk, I had a boss named Billy. Billy was a pragmatic...
2017-12-16
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To Learn, Teach
Back before I started doing technical presentations or writing blog posts, I frequently found myself in awe at those who...
2017-12-15
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Picking The Right Team
Years ago, back before I became a consultant, a job search led me to an interview with a technical company....
2017-12-14
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The Value of Consistent Design
Yesterday I wrote about best practices, illustrating that what may be an assumed technical design standard doesn’t fit every scenario....
2017-12-13
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When Best Practices Aren’t Best
Most everyone is familiar with the term best practices. This phrase describes an industry-specific design or methodology that can be...
2017-12-12
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The Eleven Days of Festivus 2017
Last year, I celebrated the holiday season by blogging daily during the 11 days leading up to Festivus, writing about...
2017-12-12
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The One Piece of Career Advice I Wish I’d Gotten
Over the years, I’ve been approached numerous times with requests for advice from folks who are looking to get started...
2017-12-12 (first published: 2017-11-29)
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Long Live OLE DB!
Back in August of 2011, an announcement from Microsoft started a wave of angst among those who build and support...
2017-11-20
358 reads
Blogs
5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break...
The Book of Redgate: Taking Breaks
By Steve Jones
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation...
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers