Chris Yates

Chris Yates is a Database Administration Manager with over thirteen years of experience in the SQL industry. His experience includes design and implementation of both OLTP and OLAP solutions as well as assessment and implementation of SQL Server environments for best practices, performance, and high availability solutions accompanied by a strong development background. He enjoys helping others in the SQL Server community and does this by contributing on several SQL forums, creating “The SQL Professor”, and speaking at several SQL functions. His passion and focus is not only with technology but also helping others along their way and career path.

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AI Innovation in Microsoft Keynote

I’m thrilled to be covering the Microsoft Keynote: Fuel AI Innovation with Azure Databases on Day 1 of the PASS Data Community Summit. Data is the driving force behind innovation, powering...

2024-11-18 (first published: )

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How Can Data Empower Leaders

Using data effectively, leaders can make better decisions, drive innovation, and inspire trust. What is leadership through data? Leadership that utilizes data is the ability to use data as...

2024-03-13 (first published: )

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SSIS how to manage source control with multiple packages / projects

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We've got upwards of 40 SSIS solutions all stored in one GIT repository in...

Improving the Performance of UPDATE Statements in SQL Server

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Question of the Day

Replacing a Null

What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2022?

DECLARE @value INT = NULL;
SELECT ISNULL(@value, 100.5) AS Result;

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