In SSMS, when viewing the 'Execution Plan' tab of the result grid and hovering over a plan operator or row pipe, it would be nice if row counts were formatted...

There are a dozen different things you can do to help determine if a database is being used, but none of them are entirely reliable as a standalone solution. Just...

I guess when we refer to the story we're talking about narrative. Experience is a form of data or empirical evidence collected first hand by the individual and shouldn't be...

To complicate things, there could be legacy jobs or reports that robotically access the database on a schedule, but it's defunct and no end user or business process really depends...

MDS (Master Data Services) is one feature I wish Microsoft would deprecate. From a database engineering, management, and performance perspective; it simply sucks.

I'd like to see some effort...

If I were to go back to school, I'd probably peruse a MBA degree or MIS (Management of Information Systems) degree; something that would augment what I already know (database...

I'm not saying that a traditional university degree is not beneficial; it does make one a more rounded person, and I can understand why organizations would be skeptical of someone's...

The healthcare, higher education, and banking industries are in bad need of reform. They seem intentionally structured to utilize whatever take home pay an average middle class person has after...

Dating back to 2002, SSRS has had export to PDF functionality. I'd use that.