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Assigning a Default Schema to a New User–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on July 12, 2023 by way0utwest

I had to test something for a customer, and as a part of this there as a need to have a different default schema for a user. Since this isn’t something that I (or many people) do often, I wanted … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #164: Code that makes you feel

Posted on July 11, 2023 by way0utwest

The invitation this month is from Erik Darling, and it’s a neat one. I like this thought, asking us to find code that impressed us or made us feel something. I tend to look at this as positive, but it … Continue reading →

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Bare Metal

Posted on July 10, 2023 by way0utwest

At the first job I had as a DBA, I had to build a new server. This was in the days of SQL Server 4.2, and I was combination DBA, sysadmin, and general help desk at a small company. With … Continue reading →

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Volunteering at Work: Teaching Others

Posted on July 10, 2023 by way0utwest

I give a few talks on career topics, and one of these is Branding Yourself for a Dream Job. In the talk, I sometimes tell a story in the volunteering section. I wanted to summarize that here, as a way … Continue reading →

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