SQL Saturday Dallas
We are in the early stages of planning a SQL Saturday event in the Dallas area for January or February...
2009-07-19
1,076 reads
Tim Mitchell
Being The Best vs. Being Affordable
I read a post on Brent Ozar’s blog last week that discussed employers’ expectations when hiring new team members. Though...
2009-07-13
605 reads
The Netbook
I like my main laptop. It’s big and wide and bright, with lots of power and all of the bells...
2009-07-11
1,391 reads
Presenting at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge
I'll be presenting two sessions at the SQL Saturday event in Baton Rouge on August 1. I'll be presenting a...
2009-07-06
481 reads
Transaction Rollbacks with Identity Values
Have you ever noticed unexpected gaps in sequences in IDENTITY columns? Even though you’ve got transactions set up for your...
2009-07-01
10,017 reads
Speaking at North Texas SQL Server User Group meeting
For those in or around the Dallas area tomorrow (Thursday) evening, I'll be speaking at the North Texas SQL Server...
2009-06-17
786 reads
Update on PASS Selection
I received my notification from the PASS Program Committee on Friday evening,
and found out that I will not be...
2009-06-15
597 reads
Tagged: The Desert Island Scenario
I was tagged by Scary DBA and recent MVP awardee Grant Fritchey with the latest viral question:
“So You’re On A...
2009-06-11
1,341 reads
SQL Saturday Eval Results
I received my evaluation summary from Karla Remail for this weekend's SQL Saturday event. The results are as follows:
Expectations: 0...
2009-06-09
581 reads
SQL Saturday Pensacola pics
The SQL Saturday Pensacola pics are up! Visit the SQL Saturday Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=58052797867&ref=ts
and tag or leave your comments.
2009-06-08
834 reads
Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers