Lee Markum, guest blogger, explains steps for selecting the right SQL Server expert, or consulting service, to meet your company's needs.| SQL Tailor Consulting
T-SQL Tuesday response: ways SQL professionals can grow the next generation of SQL professionals & speakers through personal connections.| SQL Tailor Consulting
If AI hasn’t blown our minds yet, Snowflake Summit 2025 made it clear what’s coming soon will. I flew into San Francisco expecting some solid updates and left feeling like I’d seen the blueprint for the next era of enterprise AI. The conference radiated with ambition, energy and the promise of “breathtaking” models that unlock […] The post Snowflake Summit: Key takeaways from a week of AI, data and dog robots appeared first on The Quest Blog.| The Quest Blog
Learn what the pros said about troubleshooting weird database problems in this T-SQL Tuesday Round Up by Joe Fleming.| SQL Tailor Consulting
SQL Server Transactional Replication Part 2, Setup and Initialization Complications This is part 2 in a series on SQL Server transactional replication. Read Part 1, Introduction and Basics if necessary. You’ve examined all the options and have decided that Microsoft SQL Server transactional replication is the solution to your problem. Congratulations! Also, my condolences. While […]| SQL Tailor Consulting
SQL Server Transactional Replication: Part 1, Introduction and Basics “I want to look at my data, and I want to look at it IN REAL TIME!” No matter how irrational or unreasonable this request is, it’s a very common one in today’s tech world. It often leads to a lot of pain as business users […]| SQL Tailor Consulting
5 Things Your Database Administrator Wishes You Knew In the business of database management, or any IT role, there is a lot that customers just don’t know. There are also many expectations they have that are unrealistic. If you’re working with a DBA, you can short-circuit a lot of problems and get to the solution […]| SQL Tailor Consulting
Last month I talked about a query method that I believe is pilloried more than it should be. This month I’ll talk about a real problem I see in code frequently. If you recall last month’s blog, you may remember I talked about a company that was forced to send a public apology after a […]| SQL Tailor Consulting
NOLOCK is not the devil. Wow, that felt weird to say. The subject of NOLOCK hints (also known as the Read Uncommitted isolation level in SQL Server) is one that can spark very heated arguments. The arguments typically revolve around concurrency — how many processes can simultaneously access your data at once — and data reliability […]| SQL Tailor Consulting