I use python with SQL Server extensively. In fact, I have written about it before at https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/python-for-the-sql-server-dba/ and I have used in in some of the examples...

Thanks for the article, it provides a good summary and overview of CDC.

It is worth emphasizing that CDC is mostly an enterprise feature and is not available in Standard or...

This was a fantastic article. It was well written, well researched, and useful. Thank you for providing it.

I do have one nitpick and one small thing to add...

Hello. Thank you for the article. I found it to be a rather interesting to see your approach to this.

I do have two pieces of constructive feedback:

-I had...

Nicely subtle, I'm afraid I didn't get it.

Thanks for the article, it was an amusing little story and it contains a significant point. Authors often have an entire article along with the script and they often...

Albert and Barney, thank you for the comments. Storing checksums and encrypted data are definitely good use cases for the varbinary data type.

Fantastic article. This is probably the simplest explanation of practical normalization I have read in a long time.

This is a fantastic article that provides very clear instructions and a good comparison to see when it should be used and when other options would not be appropriate. ...

[quote-0 My article was never meant to be an in-depth look at index structures (there is a very good 'Stairways' series on it right here on SQLServerCentral, highly recommended). Rather,...

Phil Factor (10/19/2012)

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Those of us who pride ourselves in our skill in speaking or writing in english need to be tactful, tolerant and understanding of our colleagues who are forced...

Thank you for the article. I wrote something similar recently under "Writing About SQL Server"[/url].

As Phil Factor said though, while grammar and spelling definitely matter they aren't key. ...

You certainly provide a lot to think about, and thank you for the quick response.

But I still must respectfully disagree on at least some points. I don't experience "all...

I think LI or FB makes more sense than OpenId personally. At least in the areas I wander in, OpenId tends not to be supported or is supported along...

This was an interesting look at things, but some of it does not fit my experience.

For instance, I did not start by looking at anything in databases by anology to...