This week marks my 7th anniversary of Stedman Solutions, LLC being my full time job and my primary source of income. It also happens to be the 7th anniversary of the last time I got fired. What’s happened over 7 years? Grew the team from 0 to 1, and eventually to 5 and still growing. Database Corruption Challenge in 2015. …
At Stedman Solutions, even prior to Covid we have encouraged that all team members work from home. We have no office space that we rent, although the team does have great office space in their homes. Also since most of our work is remote, we very rarely go onsite with customers, the home office environment works great. Having gone through …
I am happy to announce that on January 8th, I have the privilege of a being a guest on the Rockin’ the Code World show with DotNetDave. Please join the show on January 8th at 10:00am pacific time. I first met David at SQL Saturday in Las Vegas in 2015, and certainly enjoy his show. He’s been the host of …
This can be a rough time a year for many especially when it comes to $$$. For that reason Stedman Solutions likes to give back when we can. This year we hope our $500 donation of games and toys will make some children a little more merry. Surrounding areas were hit with massive flooding these last two months resulting in …
Everyone has their story of how they got started with SQL Server, and they range quite a bit. You might be that developer that was sitting too close to the SQL Server and someone named you the DBA. For others it may have been part of starting at a new job. For some you may have learned it in school, …
A couple years ago in my Incident Safety Officer class with the fire department we studied risk assessment for any incident that the fire department may respond to. Since that time I have used a similar risk assessment matrix for SQL Server upgrades, and other big SQL Server maintenance tasks. The risk assessment matrix as it is used by the …
I learned this from one of my co-workers. A quick tip for formatting SSRS reports. When you are in the SSRS report editor, and you want to move the currently selected object (or objects), you can move them with the arrow keys. Most people who have used SSRS know that one, but did you know that if you use the …
Using TSQL to Read an RSS Feed Fri, 29 Jan 2021Most blogs have a RSS feed of some kind. The RSS feed is usually comprised of XML with a list of the most recent posts. I though it would be handy to try using TSQL to see who has bee Read more… Ask a question about Database Corruption Wed, 27 …
Due to the confidentiality we have with our clients we rarely get to share some of the great work we do outside of a “We have done that before” or “We saw that before a month ago with another customer and helped them with it” however sometimes a customer gives us a reference a reference to share. Completing a project …
At the beginning of June I realized that I was slightly behind on my blogging, so today, June 30th marks 30 days of 30 blog posts in the month of June. Some other big blogging months were March 2015 and April 2015, around the Database Corruption Challenge, and June 2013 with 27 posts, and May 2013 with 27 posts. I …