The Annual SQL Saturday in Baton Rouge

I’ve been to quite a few of the SQL Saturday Baton Rouge events. There have been 10 with the 11th coming in a couple weeks. The crew down there...

A Valid Type?

Least Privilege

Steve wonders how well most organizations and their staff adhere to the principle of least privilege.

A New Word: Fitching

fitching – v. intr. compulsively turning away from works of art you find frustratingly, nauseatingly good – wanting to shut off the film and leave the theater, or devour...

Take the SQL Saturday Topic Survey

What topics do you want to see presented at a future SQL Saturday (or other event)? Steve Rezhener has built a survey that you can take. Take the survey...

What's Wrong with this Table?

An Upgrade Slog

Steve knows that upgrading SQL Server versions can be a pain, but it's important.

Reducing Backup and Restore History

Test Data Manager in Under 10 Minutes

Test Data Manager (TDM) is a suite of products from Redgate that make it easy to build dev and test databases in seconds. It’s a nice rewrite of a...

The Stretch Database Retirement

Steve has a few thoughts on the removal of Stretch Database from the SQL Server world.