Speaking at PASS Summit 2018
I am honored to have been selected to be a presenter at this year’s PASS Summit coming up this November....
2018-06-06
282 reads
Tim Mitchell
Temp Tables in SSIS
Temp tables are very handy when you have the need to store and manipulate an interim result set during ETL...
2018-05-29
451 reads
Managing Business Logic
Encapsulating business logic into data movement and presentation is a critical part of a stable information management strategy. Too often,...
2018-05-17
293 reads
Trading Data For Convenience
If data is the new oil, then the web is the world’s biggest gas station. Every day a few billion people...
2018-05-08
266 reads
Using SQL Server Management Studio Projects
One of the most underutilized assets in SQL Server Management Studio is the SSMS project. Within Management Studio, one can...
2017-12-22
536 reads
A Business Lesson from an Oil Change
When I first moved to the city where I now live, I found an oil change place just a couple...
2017-12-21
373 reads
Making a Difference: Andy Warren
Since I started working as a data professional some 15 years ago, I’ve had an enjoyable and successful career. I...
2017-12-20
332 reads
Do You Really Need Real-Time?
It wasn’t so long ago that the first day of the month was the most common trigger event for updating...
2017-12-19
394 reads
My SQL Server Management Studio Setup
We’re all creatures of habit, and work more efficiently when we know exactly where to find the tools we need....
2017-12-18
336 reads
Some Thoughts on Community, Leadership, and Continuous Improvement
The SQL Server community is just awesome. I can’t say that enough. I may sound like a broken record when...
2017-12-17
362 reads
Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Side Projects
Anyone (everyone?) who has ever tried to learn a programming language knows that to...
Forums
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...