Surprise Attack of the Nulls: Hidden Traps in the NOT IN
Eight in a series of posts in response to Tim Ford's #EntryLevel Challenge.My Fear Nothing post last month introduced some of the trouble that nulls can cause by generating results that are...
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Ninth in a series of posts in response to Tim Ford's #EntryLevel Challenge.Subqueries are queries within a query – one SELECT nested within another. They can take the place of column and table...
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Subqueries can take the place of column and table references, helping you to formulate queries that otherwise would be more difficult or less efficient to express using join operations. Read the full...
View ArticleThe Roots of Relational
Tenth in a series of posts in response to Tim Ford's #EntryLevel Challenge.Special guest this month: Chris Dateread more
View ArticleThe Roots of Relational
A conversation with Chris Date about the term relational, and how that term came to be used to describe database engines such as SQL Server and Oracle Database. Read the full post at...
View ArticleAccelerating Your Experience
Eleventh in a series of posts in response to Tim Ford's #EntryLevel Challenge.We all want more experience. The fastest way to get it is by helping solve other people's problems. I'm talking here of...
View ArticleAccelerating Your Experience
We all want more experience. The fastest way to get it is by helping solve other people's problems. Read the full post at www.gennick.com/database.
View ArticleMake a Difference!
Don't waste your career sitting on the fence. Commit to something! Work diligently. Make a difference. Read the full post at www.gennick.com/database.
View ArticleSQL Saturday – 25-March 2017 – Colorado Springs CO
I’m really excited about speaking at SQL Saturday on my favorite topic!SQLSaturday is a free training event for Microsoft Data Platform professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server,...
View ArticleOracle IOTs against SQL Server Clustered Indexes
I’m itching to dig more into the SQL Server 2016 optimizer enhancements, but I’m going to complete my comparison of indices between the two platforms before I get myself into further trouble with my...
View ArticleSQLPro for MSSQL
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View ArticleConference Networking- Tips to Doing it Right
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View ArticleSQL Saturday 588 – May 20 in NYC
I’m really excited about speaking at SQL Saturday #588 at the Microsoft office in Times Square, I’ll be discussing Accelerating TDM Using Data Virtualization. This is my favorite topic, because for...
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Pass Summit 2017, 2nd Day, Thursday
Thursday started out calm, self-assured that I knew where I needed to be all day and was prepared. I tweeted happily that I had found a lovely spot to work during the keynote, (day job!)Yeah,...
View ArticleKudos to Pass Summit 2017
This week I had the opportunity to present at Microsoft’s Pass Summit, which was one of two events I had on my list for this year, (the other was Oracle Open World.) Although I’m still learning about...
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Considerations When Using SQL Server 2016 Dynamic Data Masking
SQL Server 2016 introduced a new security feature called Dynamic Data Masking. With the General Data Protection Regulations, (GDPR) breathing heavy down most IT in America’s neck, its good timing.read...
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Database Scoped Configurations
As most of you know, I’m working to update all of my SQL Server knowledge, which hasn’t gone as deep as I would like since SQL Server 2012.So there are a couple things we’re going to focus on today,...
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SQL Server 2017 on Linux- Processes
So while finishing up my slides for the Microsoft Pass Linux Marathon webinar on Dec. 13th, Tim and I started to discuss the apples vs. oranges comparison of SQL Server on Linux process management vs....
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Pass Marathon on Linux for SQL Server, Wednesday, Dec. 13th
Tomorrow #0000ff;">#0000ff;" href="http://wwww.pass.org/default.aspx">Pass is sponsoring a Linux Marathon for all the SQL DBAs getting ready to go big with Linux.read more
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GDPR ‘Murica!
Just over a year ago, an alarm of emails, posts and projects arose in Europe surrounding the General Data Protection Regulation, also known with the acronym, GDPR. It was as if someone had poked the...
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