The Car Game

I started this on Facebook, privately with friends. I heard about it from one of them and liked it. I didn’t get many guesses, so I took a chance...

ADF Triggers

Daily Coping 9 Apr 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...

Webinar: How to unlock the value of frequent deployments

I’m doing a webinar next week, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, that looks at some of the learnings from the 2020 State of Database DevOps report. I’ll be discussing...

More Time to Certify

You have more time to earn that MCSA, MCSE, or MCSD, thanks to Microsoft and the pandemic.

SQL Prompt and SSMS 18.5

I downloaded SSMS 18.5, as there were a lot of fixes in here and thought this was a good upgrade to try. I’d heard reports of major changes in...

The Power of Git–Getting Code

I find git to be incredibly useful, and this is a quick example of one of the ways that this matters to me. This post is also available in...

Daily Coping 7 Apr 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...

Encryption Libraries

There is an encryption library that Microsoft has released as open source.

The ordering of the data