It is official – after a couple of months of work we have finally launched the site for the newest PASS Chapter BItuga, which stands for the Portuguese Business Intelligence community. I am extremely proud of this effort, since it…
SQLSaturday #162, Cambridge UK, part 1
Cambridge, my Cambridge oh SQLSaturtday It was almost a regular friday morning at the office, on the 7th of September of 2013. I called it almost a regular because there were some little differences like starting the working day very…
Char(1-2) vs Varchar(1-2) to be NULL or to be NOT NULL
Continuing the small research that I have been doing on the matter of the Varchar(1) & Varchar(2) datatypes usage, I am taking this article to consider the situations when the columns are defined as NOT NULL. Following the same scheme…
Varchar(x) where x <= 2 does not make sense... or does it?
While preparing my “Inheriting a database for Developers” session for SQLSaturday#162 in Cambridge, I have had a very interesting finding on the matter of the Varchar datatype usage. There is a more or less common knowledge of the SQL Server…
Presenting at SQLRally 2012 Nordic
Yes, it is true! I have been selected to present at one of the biggest European SQL Server events – at the PASS SQLRally 2012 Nordic Edition! No words can describe the excitement and the honor that I am feeling…