Knowing Your Total Reward
When you agree to work for a company, you should understand all your compensation.
Returning 0's in a SUM (SQL Spackle)
Learn how you can sum data by hour and by day while showing 0 values in your result sets for those time periods without a sum in this short article by Patrick Cahill.
Using a Service Account in Microsoft Fabric
Applications should never depend on user accounts for their own authentication. User accounts have unique security configurations, such as MFA and password expiration.
When Companies Fail
The challenge of software pervading all aspects of our lives and inside many products is going to be create an interesting world when companies fail.
Troubleshoot Chained SQL Server CTE
This article will explore how SQL Server chained CTEs might make troubleshooting code harder and whether you should stop using CTEs altogether.
Tech Debt Perils
Ignoring technical debt can cause no shortage of problems for companies. Today Steve has a recent example of this.
Data Lake Implementation – Data Lake Zones and Containers Planning
The Azure Data Lake is a massively scalable and secure data storage for high-performance analytics workloads. We can create three storage accounts within a single resource group.
Are We Dinosaurs?
Let's talk about the elephant in the room right up front. Yes, I'm old. I remember when Buck Woody was a little tyke on the day the last of the Tyranosaurs died (I'm older than Buck). So, I'm not asking if I'm old. Yes. I'm old. No, I'm asking if that massive meteor strike over […]
Outer Join – What am I missing (SQL Spackle)
This article shows how to find missing rows in a table using a outer join.
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The End of Year Vacation Burn
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It’s been a good year for me. With my sabbatical, I felt like I’ve...
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Question of the Day
Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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