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T-SQL Tuesday #008: How Learning Has Changed
When I started my technical career, the only way to learn about programming was from books and magazines. I remember writing my first HTML page and finding it quite similar to the Vic20 days, where you...
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T-SQL Tuesday : Are hotshot DBA skills necessary?
Let's face it, there is a wide variety of skill out there. If you spend any time monitoring StackOverflow , MSDN forums , Ask SQL Server Central or twitter's #sqlhelp hash tag , you'll be very well...
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T-SQL Tuesday #13 : Business Expectations
This month's T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Steve Jones ( @way0utwest ) over at SQLServerCentral . For some history on T-SQL Tuesday, see Adam Machanic's posts here and here . The topic this time is...
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T-SQL Tuesday #14: Resolutions
This month, T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by freshly minted MVP Jen McCown ( blog | twitter ), and her topic is " Resolutions! " I already gave a rough sort of overview on my goals for 2011 , but I...
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T-SQL Tuesday #15 : Running T-SQL workloads remotely on multiple servers
This month's installment of T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Pat Wright ( blog | twitter ). Pat says: "So the topic I have chosen for this month is Automation! It can be Automation with T-SQL or with...
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T-SQL Tuesday # 16 : This is not the aggregate you're looking for
This week, T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Jes Borland ( blog | twitter ), and the theme is " Aggregate Functions ." When people think of aggregates, they tend to think of MAX(), SUM() and COUNT()....
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T-SQL Tuesday #20 : T-SQL Best Practices
T-SQL Tuesday, the invention of Adam Machanic ( @AdamMachanic ), is what he calls a recurring, revolving blog party. Each month, a new host picks a topic, invites bloggers of all levels to join in, and...
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T-SQL Tuesday #21 : Crap Code
Yes, Adam is right : we've all written crap code (the topic of this month's T-SQL Tuesday Wednesday. Usually we have an excuse: tight deadline, short shelf life of the code, or didn't know any better....
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T-SQL Tuesday #23 : Well, that's a kick in the JOIN...
This month's T-SQL Tuesday is a week early due to the upcoming PASS Summit . It is being hosted by Stuart Ainsworth ( blog | @codegumbo ) and the topic is a general one: JOINs. I had an idea for a very...
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T-SQL Tuesday #24 : Dude, where's the rest of my procedure?
This month's T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Brad Schulz ( blog ) and the topic is one that should attract a lot of submissions: Procedures and Functions. Last week, I talked about the case against...
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T-SQL Tuesday #26 : Second Chances
This month's T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Dave Howard ( @DaveH0ward ), and the topic is " Second Chances ." What he's letting us do is look back at all the previous T-SQL Tuesdays and pick a topic...
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T-SQL Tuesday : Reflections on the PASS Summit and our community
Last week I attended the PASS Summit in Seattle. I blogged from both keynotes ( Keynote #1 and Keynote #2 ), as well as the WIT Luncheon - which SQL Sentry sponsored. I had a fantastic time at the...
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T-SQL Tuesday #56 : Assumptions
This month's T-SQL Tuesday is about assumptions in SQL Server. Over on our new consolidated team blog at SQL Sentry , I discuss the following assumptions I come across with relative frequency: Case...
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