Data Domains & Security

After working with data day-in and day-out for a while, it doesn’t seem unreasonable that thinking about the domain and appropriate datatype for storing a set of data would become second-nature. I know it’s that way for me. Sadly, I can’t say the same for one of the banks I do business with, [...]

Un-SQL Friday: Tech Giants

I haven’t had a real meat-and-potatoes technical post in a while and for that I apologize, however as you can see at the top of the page, this blog is “on SQL Server and kindred subjects”. I’ll have to write more about where the “kindred subjects” part came from later, but I’m clearly not [...]

What I'm Thankful For

With Thanksgiving coming up here in the US, I was planning on doing a post like this anyway, but then Jason Strate (blog | twitter) decided to ask everyone, so I’m happy to join in!

Thanksgiving is my 2nd favorite holiday (yes, Christmas does take the cake for me). Though it’s an American holiday, I [...]

SQLServerPedia Awards

In my previous post I asked for your votes in the SQLServerPedia Awards, and now I’m happy to say that I won the award in the internals category. I’m so honored – thank you to all who voted! Also thank you to SQLServerPedia for making it all possible and to editors Iain Kick [...]

I'm Bob Pusateri and I Approve This Message

If this were an actual campaign commercial (in the U.S. at least…) I would now proceed to not say anything about myself and simply bash other people with comments like:

So-and-so uses Microsoft Access and likes it
My Opponent sets their databases to auto-shrink
They somehow get their job done without ever leaving their house
The incumbent doesn’t like [...]