This Month's T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jeff Mlakar, and he has asked for us to tell the tale of a project that went horribly wrong. This will be short, but it's one of my favorite stories of a project that wasn't totally thought through. I (thankfully) wasn't part of the team for this, but the way word spreads in IT, …

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This month's T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Steve Jones, who has asked for blog posts today on experiences we have had with triggers, good or bad. I am not a fan of triggers. While they represent a very simplistic construct of "if something happens, do something else", I've yet to encounter a situation …

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I think one of the reasons I like computers is that they're so much easier to deal with than people. They're predictable, emotions never get in the way, and there's always a logical explanation for everything if you dig deep enough. All that being said, I am grateful for my hobbies that don't involve sitting in front …

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It's been quite a while since I've written for a T-SQL Tuesday, but I saw this month's topic and felt compelled to throw my 2 cents in. Our host for the month, Ewald Cress (@sqlOnIce) is asking for us to write about people who have made a meaningful contribution to our lives as data professionals. There have certainly …

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This post took me a little longer to put together than it should have, but seeing as how I now have a two week old son at home, time is a little harder to come by these days! My T-SQL Tuesday topic ended up attracting 4 excellent responses, which I'm very happy to recap. The first post was from Rob Farley …

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I'm so happy to once again be hosting T-SQL Tuesday. If you're not familiar, T-SQL Tuesday is a blogging party hosted by a different person each month. It's a creation of Adam Machanic, and it's been going on for over 6 years now! Basically the host selects a topic, defines the rules, and then everyone else blogs about …

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I'm so happy to be able to contribute to this month's T-SQL Tuesday! Andy Yun picked an excellent topic: default settings. Defaults exist for a reason: in the absence of a user's preference, they represent the option that the application's author(s) believe will generally work the best for the greatest number of …

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This month's T-SQL Tuesday (the 54th!) is brought to us by Boris Hristov (@BorisHristov), and he's asking us to write about interviews and hiring. I think many of us have at least one tale of an interview or interaction with a recruiter that's gone good, bad, or ugly. I know I've got plenty of them, two of which I've …

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This post is part of T-SQL Tuesday #52, which is being hosted this month by Michael J. Swart (@MJSwart). Michael is asking us to argue against a popular opinion, and I'm more than happy to do so, as this is a belief that I've kept to myself for quite a while. SQL Server's row compression feature can be an amazing tool. …

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A huge thank you to all who took the time to write posts for T-SQL Tuesday #41. I was overwhelmed at the number of replies! I had a ton of them to read, as well as back-to-back SQL Saturdays in Madison and Chicago that have kept me busy the past few weeks, hence the delay in posting this. Without any further ado, here …

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