I once worked for a company who insisted I sprinkled NOLOCK over everything. Even though I showed them it was bad, and begged them to reconsider.

Clearly the best way to spend an evening! 👍

My daughter loves the Bongo Cat version, which is now stuck in my head on a loop.

Did I spot a Highlander quote in there?

I still use a windows application I wrote using VB.Net to help me with me day to day DBA work. Not quite VB6, but now I'm wondering if AI can convert it for me. Just to see if it works.

AI:DR 🤭

I found a new coffee shop today and the pain au chocolats are massive. It was like having a main course! I'm one very satisfied customer. ☕️☺️

I remember you making this point at sqlbits last year (multiple times). Folk still queued up to pester you though (sigh).

Sweeeeeeet

This is definitely my wife's experience. For me, if I have pending work after a holiday, it goes straight into my laterbase.

That dog is actually doing a really good impression of you!

A brown dog wearing a Birthday hat and neckerchief.

Poppy has been thoroughly spoilt for her 10th birthday today. She of course thought all the human visitors were here just for her. To be fair, most of them were!

I agree. It's a counterproductive feature and I hope it doesn't catch on.

How was it? Any good?

Judge away, I've been slack with yours but have high hopes for January. I do keep up with the YouTube videos though.

Ha, collecting training courses did seem like an obsession at one point so I had to back off. I have most of yours though.

I get training course offers from Darling Data 😉

I've known about block selection since my developer days and I even know about being able to move the selection to the line endings in SSMS.

Removing line breaks is new to me though so thanks for the share!

I'm having a very early Christmas meal with family today as some of them will be in Australia over the holidays. The Lo-Fi music worked perfectly in the background. Thanks for the recommendation Brent!

Thanks for sharing this Greg. It was a very thought-provoking read.

A brown cocker spaniel on a sofa wearing a witch's costume.

Poppy seems more than happy to get into the Halloween spirit.

Finding Emo?

This may actually be my closest in-person group right now.

a cartoon dog is standing on a pink background and smiling Alt: a cartoon dog is standing on a pink background smiling and dancing

Me after booking my flights and hotel for SQL Konferenz 2026!

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Thanks for sharing this Rie. I totally missed this announcement and it's really useful!

Happy Birthday! 🎉

A blazing fire pit with a metal pot hanging above full of Goulash.

I'm meeting up with some DBA friends today and it looks like we're in for a treat. Polish Goulash!

A vehicle on a road with a registration plate saying FUN 69

Hmmm, I wonder what goes on in there.

Is that where all the MVPs go to Redmond and learn secret things?