Pat Wright


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Communication, For Incidents and Life

Many years ago, I was on call for a production system. This was common for me since I was one of several production DBA’s for the company.  It was a normal weekend for me, and I got up and started playing with my kids. They were heavily into trains, and we were laying out our […]

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2026-10-21

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Training the next generation

Many years ago, I started at a smaller-sized company. About 150 employees; it was a SaaS company that provided survey software.  It was growing quickly, and I was the primary DBA. I was hired not only to be a DBA, but to build a DB team to handle many of the issues the company faced […]

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2026-10-19

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Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.

This week I hosted T-SQL Tuesday. This monthly event suggests a topic for bloggers to write about. It’s been going on for many years, and you can find more details here.  https://tsqltuesday.com/ For my specific post, you can find the summaries here.  T-SQL Tuesday #203 — Summary/Follow up I’ve spent 20+ years being asked questions about […]

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2026-10-17

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AI Experience Gap that we keep talking about

Earlier this week, I recorded a talk called “AI: The Good, Bad, and the Future.”  I talked about some of the good things that have happened with AI and some of the Bad. But what I really wanted to focus on was the future. I think many of us have heard the two letters AI […]

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2026-09-12

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Have you done a Mid year check in?

This Editorial is coming to you during an exciting birthday for the United States. If you are in the US, you are most likely celebrating the 4th of July. This is the 250th anniversary for the US, quite a milestone. I hope that all my US friends are celebrating safely and responsibly. While it is […]

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2026-07-04

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