Monthly Archives: January 2018

Job Interviews: What is Normalization?

Posted on January 11, 2018 by way0utwest

This is part of a series that looks at interview questions that you might be asked. One of the cornerstones of a relational database is normalization. This is a database design technique that is used to decide how we might … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial | Tagged | Comments Off on Job Interviews: What is Normalization?

Advent of Code 2017 Day 2–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on January 11, 2018 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 day 2 of the Advent of Code 2017. If you want to read about the puzzles, start … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Advent of Code 2017 Day 2–#SQLNewBlogger

Fixing logins

Posted on January 10, 2018 by way0utwest

I ran into an issue recently where I couldn’t get a Windows login to work with some application software. This software had been configured with a user account, which appeared to be in SQL Server, but it couldn’t connect. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Fixing logins

T-SQL Tuesday #098–Technical Challenges

Posted on January 9, 2018 by way0utwest

It’s the first T-SQL Tuesday of 2018, being brought to you by Arun Sirpal. His invitation this month asks for you to talk about some technical challenge that you conquered in your career. Some type of issue that you had … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | 1 Comment