Category Archives: Editorial

Information Schema Strangeness

Posted on April 5, 2023 by way0utwest

There was a Slack thread at Redgate recently where a developer was showing some code where they decided to use the “extra” column from the information_schema.columns view. They were making decisions on how to detect certain metadata about a column … Continue reading →

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Living With Broken Software

Posted on April 3, 2023 by way0utwest

I travel quite a bit every year. Over 20 trips in 2022 and five trips in the first quarter of 2023. To make life easier, I have a few routines that I use to ensure that travel goes smoothly and … Continue reading →

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Has SQL Server Performance Improved?

Posted on April 1, 2023 by way0utwest

I saw a very interesting blog post this week from Brent Ozar that asked if SQL Server 2019 More CPU-Intensive Than SQL Server 2016? You can read the post, but a client was having CPU issues and thought everything between … Continue reading →

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Building a Better Profile

Posted on March 31, 2023 by way0utwest

I give talks on branding and managing your career at various events. Often I am helping people to better market and sell themselves if find new opportunities. One area that I talk about for data professionals is the online profile. … Continue reading →

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