With great power comes great responsibility.  While having a computer in our pockets is ultra-convenient, it's also quite addictive, to the point that many people use it to escape reality. ...

Coming from SQL Server, I got very frustrated by the Oracle community when trying to start administering one of those databases.  I couldn't understand why their community was so much...

I got my undergrad in math and have found about half of it very helpful in my professional career.  Discrete math is particularly helpful when working in SQL.  I am...

I find it interesting that Microsoft docs say Column Sets start with SQL Server 2016, yet the ColumnProperty function works for IsColumnSet even back in SQL 2008 R2.

The other thing I'd like to point out, having graduated from college just 10 short year ago, is that, at least here in the US, our university system is quite...

I just finished a job search (next week is my last at my current employer before moving on to the next one) and I can attest that most of the...

That was tricky because my brain is trained to think of 1 as true and 0 as false.  I read the last to answers as the same before I had...

I tell people I'm a professional fisherman who works on computers while I'm waiting for my first big catch.
It seems that most people know or care little the different...

I use certs extensively, so this is definitely good information to know.

I love this quote.

I recently realized my lack of documentation is detrimental as I considered moving...

But what if we wanted to return all players who hadn't used steriods? 😉

I'm planning on leaving my current position, mostly because I don't care for my current manager's attitude.  He has an air of superiority and it is quite apparent in the...