Database DevOps – Where do I start?
By now you have most likely heard the term DevOps and you are most likely working for a company that has implemented DevOps is some manner, that could be...
2020-07-29 (first published: 2020-07-17)
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Another SQL Geek
Snowflake – Understanding constraints
One of the concepts in Snowflake that I find many struggle with is how constraints are handled. If you come from a traditional database platform such as Microsoft SQL...
2020-07-21 (first published: 2020-07-08)
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Don’t be afraid of No
How many times have you been afraid to hear “No”? We have all been there because we have been trained over the years to perceive “No” as a rejection,...
2020-07-17 (first published: 2020-07-08)
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SSIS Package Execution Failure – When google fails you :(
We have all done it, get some sort of cryptic error and the first place we go to search is Google hoping the sea of message boards and blog...
2020-03-23 (first published: 2020-03-14)
671 reads
MS Ignite Day #2 Recap
Day 2 was my opportunity to be focused and dive into a few technologies that were really peaking my interest, namely Azure Synapse Analytics and SQL Server 2019. Since...
2019-11-13 (first published: 2019-11-06)
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MS Ignite Day#1 Recap
What an amazing first day at Microsoft Ignite that all started at about 6:30 this morning when I got in line to be one of the first 3000...
2019-11-05
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Employees don’t work for you; you work for them
Alex Yates (b | t) is hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday (the 119th edition) with asking us to write about something in our IT career that we have changes our minds...
2019-10-15 (first published: 2019-10-09)
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Back with new focus
Back with a new focus First let me say wow can’t believe that it has been almost 3 years since I have blogged. The last few years my career...
2019-06-16
19 reads
Leadership Part 2: Talent acquisition and Employee Retention
The two most costly human capital expenses an organization will have is the onboarding and offboarding of staff. Just take a moment to think about that and if your...
2019-06-26 (first published: 2019-06-12)
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Leadership Part 1: Team building
One of the most challenging aspects of being a good leader is building a team that can support the initiatives you will set forth. Without a team that will...
2019-06-14 (first published: 2019-05-28)
441 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
normal role member to be able to view list of other role members in his DB
Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...
Stairway to Snowflake Level 5 - Using Snowflake with SnowSQL and Visual Studio Code
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Snowflake Level 5...
Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers