Looking forward to trying it as well. I've always used the example of updating a uniqueidentier column with all new values from newid() to generate fragmentation and show to use...

Backups are required for me, after that everything is optional. If I could tell DBA's one thing, it's to understand what the business really wants from you, and if you...

I've used Nunit and found it useful, but so far haven't applied it to TSQL (mental block?). I'd like to think unit tests have nothing to do with your development...

No one going to pick on the violinist? Hard not to understand his point, but no points for gracefully accepting a little adulation.

Most of us worry about money until we...

I'm voting for #4, I've seen a lot of good people lost/ruined because no one would endure a little discomfort and just say what need to be said.

Now to read...

Robert, there is a time and place for both techniques, and I do use both. The point of the article though was just to talk about functionality and I thought...

Taking a vacation of 2 weeks or longer is a great way to level out during the year, and while few companies offer one, even a self funded sabbatical is...

The article was meant to cover rowcount and not logging, not sure if I got it wrong when I submitted it, or if Steve erred when posting, though I'd prefer...

I put a lot of value in face to face time, and especially when dealing with someone you don't know (yet) it's important to build/define the relationship in person. Phone,...

I will add them to my todo list!

Interesting how the one extra sentence at the end added more value than I thought!

Mixing UNION and UNION ALL - definitely interesting. I think I'd be inclined to separate them...

Elizabeth, changing to read only doesn't kick them out of the db so its of limited help. Usually the only time I switch to RO mode is when I know...

I'd definitely recommend using a 3rd party blog service rather than hosting your own, and make sure it can use an offline writer. The return on investment for most blogs...

Thank you all for the comments, some nice additional tips posted!

Timothy, I may do a follow up article, but my intent was to really do a beginner level approach and I don't recommend use of multiple filegroups to beginners, they...