The topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #204 hosted by Jeff Iannucci (Blog) is “Are Blogs Still Relevant?”. Most of the responses will say yes. I’m going to take the unpopular side: mostly, no. At least not the way they used to be.
And yes, I see the irony of writing a blog post to argue that blogs don’t matter much. Stick with me. I’ll get to why I’m still here at the end.
Read More » The topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #200 hosted by the legendary one-and-only Brent Ozar (Blog) is “When I look at a query, I know it’s bad if I see ___”. Here we go!
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The topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #193 hosted by Mike Walsh (Blog) is “A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future”. Here are my thoughts on the timeline of a data professional.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2019 has surpassed the end of mainstream support on Feb 28, 2025. It’s the end of an era and a new beginning for your SQL Server instances.
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NordPass released their annual report of commonly used passwords again.
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Read More » The topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #182 hosted by Rob Farley (Blog) is integrity. Read on to see my thoughts on integrity in the world of databases – in particular database corruption.
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Just a quick post to say Happy Halloween! For the past few years we’ve grown our celebration year over year. We convert our garage into a haunted garage. I’m editing video but will write a post about it when ready. Lots of cool pictures and videos to share. Stay tuned!
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Read More » The topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #177 hosted by Mala Mahadevan (Blog) is regarding how we manage our database repository. Read on to see my journey of using different repositories and source control for my code.
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