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…

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…

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…

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 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.…

Steve Jones (@way0utwest@bluesky), who has coordinated the T-SQL Tuesday blog party since Adam Machanic stepped down, is also hosting this month. And he asks us about database permissions. How we…

I was the host for T-SQL Tuesday this month, inviting people to write about integrity. And because I don't believe in just providing a list of posts (although I've also…

I am NOT suggesting that data integrity is irrelevant. Not at all. But how often do we need an enforced primary key or foreign key? Be warned - I'm not…

It's my turn to host T-SQL Tuesday again. It's been a while for me. I think the last time was when the topic was Plan Operators and my round-up included…

Nine Christmases ago, in late November 2015, Microsoft released Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2012, and included a gift just for me! Only kind of just for me, really…