Monthly Archives: August 2016

Visual Studio Live!–Washington DC–Save with me

Posted on August 5, 2016 by way0utwest

I’m going to be speaking this fall at Visual Studio Live, Washington D.C. edition on Oct 3-6. This is my first time attending the event, and I’m looking forward to speaking in DC. This is a three day conference, with … Continue reading →

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Dropping Masking from a Column–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on August 4, 2016 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is a quick one. As I experimented with Dynamic Data Masking for the Stairway to Dynamic Data Masking, … Continue reading →

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Defensive Programming

Posted on August 4, 2016 by way0utwest

At SQLServerCentral, we have a book on Defensive Programming in T-SQL. However not a lot of people have read it, or at least they haven’t downloaded it. That’s disappointing, as I think this is an area many of could improve … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of SQL Saturday

Posted on August 3, 2016 by way0utwest

I’m truly stunned at the responses I received to my post asking how far people have traveled for a SQL Saturday. I posted here, and at SQLServerCentral. In addition, I got plenty of emails from people, detailing their travels. Early … Continue reading →

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