Author: Randy Knight

“It was the best of database consulting times…it was the worst of database consulting times…” One of the most common

January 27, 2015

The topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday (Giving Back to the SQL Server Community) is one that is near and

December 9, 2014

There is a popular practice among developers to use globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) as primary keys. At first glance, it

August 26, 2014

One of the requirements of ETL is ensuring that bad data does not cause the whole ETL process to stop

June 24, 2014

This Thursday, December 6, 2012, the SQL PASS Performance Virtual Chapter will be holding online sessions all day long in

December 4, 2012

I have spoken at a lot of SQL Server Events over the past few years including a bunch of SQL

November 30, 2012

Linked Servers are a very popular way to access distributed data in environments with lots of SQL Server instances on

October 28, 2012

Whenever a demo fails, it always seems to be something really stupid. This time was no exception. In my first

October 20, 2012

Really looking forward to the event this Saturday (October 20, 2012) at Neumont University in South Jordan. SQL Solutions Group

October 18, 2012

When building ETL processes, one of the things we always like to do is to account for every row. But

October 10, 2012

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