I gear my response to the question of what I do, based upon my assessment of the person, taking cues from the environment. For example, if I were at a...

Have a good time off, Steve.

Yep, I'm one of those who have a hard time taking time off. Part of it is that I don't get a lot of time off anyway, so I tend...

I'm enjoying these, people. Thanks for posting.

I wish we had WORM storage back where I used to work when I worked there. If memory serves, according to regulations, adult data had to be kept for 15...

I'm not  super "in the know", but can give you my point of view as someone who works with the DBAs. I know that we have several SQL 2008 R2...

Challenging article, Steve. For almost 2 decades I've worked with only relational databases, primarily SQL Server. I've heard of things like DocumentDB, CosmosDB, NoSQL, etc. But have never had a...

Cool article. I've always wanted to be a Microsoft MVP. But I wonder if that nomination process means you've got to be nominated by someone local? I don't know any...