I always do table counts. I compare the baseline count with subsequent table counts.

On big tables I'll do distinct counts per column.

External descriptions of what columns...

At one point our company did lunch and learns. I thought that was a helpful component of an overall training program.

Being a data scribe is a really cool job. I've enjoyed every chance I've had to dig into the technical and the business side of that problem.

Probably not coincidental:

Microsoft announced the purchase of GitHub in June for $7.5 billion in stock. At that time, Microsoft promised that GitHub would operate independently and...

Administator should be Adminstrator in:

One of the best additions to the SQL Server feature set was the Dedicated Administator Connection (DAC). Prior to this being a part of the platform,...

Are they finally losing customers over this?

getting tabular data into a text format is a really really important tool for communication.

It would be nice if we could just have a reference document for the...

I'm not sure why resolving issues should be considered any more scary than leaving the issue left to some other less certain resolution.

Does your wife have a favorite color of origami irises I can give you to give her?