Art

SQL Database Administrator/Developer. Background in developing OLTP/document based databases, SQLXML and performance tuning with an unhealthy fascination for the SQL query optimiser!

Blog Post

About me

I have been developing software from my early teens and stayed with technology after leaving school. Initially focussing on software development, networking and IT support type roles, I found...

2017-05-03

19 reads

Blog Post

Moved blog to Ghost

Another year, another blog update lol!... Last year I remember doing a significant version upgrade for my self-hosted Orchard CMS...

2017-04-12

231 reads

Blog Post

Moved blog to Ghost

Another year, another blog update lol!… Last year I remember doing a significant version upgrade for my self-hosted Orchard CMS software on the DiscountASP hosting platform and it all...

2017-04-12

11 reads

Blogs

Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency

By

As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...

March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates

By

On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...

How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025

By

When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...

Read the latest Blogs

Forums

XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services

By zoggling

We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...

OPENQUERY Flexibility

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item OPENQUERY Flexibility

A Full Shutdown

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item A Full Shutdown

Visit the forum

Question of the Day

OPENQUERY Flexibility

Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?

See possible answers