Notes to self…
Mike Walsh from StraightPath wants us to write two short notes to former selves. One writing now to ten years ago (2025 me to 2015 me), and one writing what…
SQL Server 2025 excitement – fuzzy is coming!
The smart money is on SQL Server 2025 being released to General Availability this month. Next week there are two major conferences in the Microsoft data space, Microsoft Ignite and…
String parsing
Steve Jones asks how we parse strings. As Steve writes, there are a bunch of ways to parse strings in SQL. And (which Steve doesn't write) 2025 is going to…
Learning new skills
Todd Kleinhans asks us to write about “Mastering A New or Existing Technical Skill”. Todd is one of my favourite people in the data community simply because he sends people…
AI’s impact on careers
Taiob Ali is asking how AI is changing our careers. It's a good question - one question worth reflecting on, even if the general perception among many people I talk…
The younger generation in the SQL community
John Sterrett asks us where the next generation is. Well, not quite. He asks us what we're doing, or could be, to encourage younger people to get involved in the…
Breaking down those ‘weird’ problems
This month, my good friend and fellow Dune-fan Joe Fleming (@muaddba.bsky.social) from SQL Tailor Consulting asks us about weird problems, and in particular, how we troubleshoot them. Now, 'weird' is…
Managing SQL Agent Jobs
There are some things I really like about SQL Agent Jobs, which is why I'm secretly quite fond of this month's T-SQL Tuesday topic, from Andy Levy. Of course, there…
A quick video about SSMS 21’s scroll bar
Erik Darling insisted on a video for T-SQL Tuesday this month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_H6haG99l8 If you're more of a text person... The video shows how you can get the 'map mode' behaviour…
Mentoring
Mentoring is one of the ways I like to sow into the technical community. I feel like the community is much more about the individuals in it than the masses.…