One thing I noticed at SQL Saturday here in Atlanta a couple of weekends back, Amazon AWS had a significant presence with three sessions.

It seems to me that for a company to simply replace employees with AI or robotics is taking a short view. Automated vending machines that sell hot sandwiches have their...

.. When I run the package, I run into PK issue. so I tried truncating the table but it is referenced by a FK. What's the best way to...

I think an AI system with the collaborative intelligence of an ant swarm or the independent problem solving skills of a bee would have more useful applications than a sentient...

At the PASS summit, they should hand out SQL Server DBA branded digital watches displaying the current datetime2 formatted as an ISO 8601 string.

Apparently there are at least a couple of SSMS addin authors here. What framework or programming guides do you guys recommend as a starting point for building addins?

I'm somewhat playing Devil's Advocate here, and all BI teams are different and subject to evolutionary change, but ...

The thing about working within the BI team, as opposed...

It sounds like you're getting different execution plans for the same query, depending whether it's run from SSMS or application. For clues about why, use the DMV script below to...

I see this responsibility (maintaining an inventory of Azure assets owned by the enterprise) falling under the umbrella of Platform Operations or Data Governance, not necessarily the DBA team. Not...

Yes, going forward, SPID and LoginName would be useful in the error log.

For now, if no one fesses up to the infraction, then perhaps hold all the...