Goal Progress–November 2020

This is my report, which continues on from the Oct report. It’s getting near the end of the year, and I wanted to track things a little tighter, and...

Your Favorite IDE

SSMS is, well, it's what we mostly have from Microsoft. It's been around a long time, but it is getting regularly released. There are new versions about every quarter, and there are bug fixes and minor enhancements. Azure Data Studio appears to be where Microsoft would like most of us to move, but I, and […]

Catching Minor Issues

Can you catch minor code changes that might cause issues? Steve advocates for more testing to ensure you can.

Daily Coping 3 Dec 2020

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Ordering with NULL

Speaking at DPS 2020

I was lucky enough to attend the Data Platform Summit a few years ago. One of my favorite speaking photos was from the event.Me on a massive stage, massive...

Completely Encrypted Data

Do we care or worry if our databases need to handle encrypted data? Steve has a few thoughts about why we may or may not be concerned.

Daily Coping 2 Dec 2020

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

WHILE in R

Daily Coping 1 Dec 2020

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...