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Product Manager at SentryOne, Data Platform MVP, @AaronBertrand on twitter, blogger at sqlperformance.com and blogs.sentryone.com, Mac user, volleyball player, curler, hockey/football/tennis fan, big-time loser at fantasy football, proud father of two beautiful girls, and a Canadian, eh?

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204 Why shouldn't we allow NULLs? Aug 30 '11

114 Is adding the ‘tbl’ prefix to table names really a problem? Nov 4 '16

104 Why Does the Transaction Log Keep Growing or Run Out of Space? Aug 18 '13

73 Can I install SQL Server Management Studio locally? Aug 13 '14

69 How to identify which query is filling up the tempdb transaction log? Jun 25 '12

66 Does SQL Server read all of a COALESCE function even if the first argument is not NULL? Sep 19 '11

65 What is the difference between a “record” and a “row” in SQL Server? Jan 13 '13

65 What is the actual behavior of compatibility level 80? Jun 20 '13

62 What event information can I get by default from SQL Server? Aug 13 '13

62 What are Objective Business Reasons to Prefer SQL Server 2012 over 2008 R2? Mar 9 '12

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