Monthly Archives: June 2018

A Long Break

Posted on June 18, 2018 by way0utwest

I’m in the UK today, having flown over on the weekend. This week is SQL in the City – June 2018 on Wednesday and I needed the two full days to prep, so I’m here a day early. Not sure … Continue reading →

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More Query Tuning?

Posted on June 15, 2018 by way0utwest

This is probably a topic near and dear to the hearts of Grant, Brent, Paul #2 (White), and plenty other more well known speakers in the #sqlfamily community that often present on the topic of writing more efficient code. They do a fantastic job … Continue reading →

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Building Test Data

Posted on June 14, 2018 by way0utwest

One of the debates I’ve seen over the last few months is about test data in development environments. As I’ve been preparing for and learning more about the GDPR, it seems that many companies are concerned about holding sensitive data … Continue reading →

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Docker Challenges

Posted on June 14, 2018 by way0utwest

I’ve been trying to get time to play with Docker more. I had it setup on my old laptop and was experimenting with different ways of working with containers and databases before I switched. Since then I’ve been slightly hamstrung … Continue reading →

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