Eric Blinn

Eric Blinn is the Sr. Data Architect for Squire Patton Boggs. He is also a SQL author and PASS Local Group leader.

Eric has been a SQL Server DBA and Architect in the legal, software, transportation, and insurance industries for over 10 years. Currently he is the Sr Data Architect for Squire Patton Boggs, a leading provider of legal services with 47 offices in 20 countries.

Eric is a 2018-2019 Idera Ace and has co-authored 2 Idera Whitepapers.

He has been a presenter at PASS Summit, IT/DevConnections, SQLSaturdays, the in.sight transportation conference, and the Ohio North SQL Server User's Group.

2022 Awards MSSQLTips award

2021 Awards MSSQLTips award

2019 Awards MSSQLTips award

Category	Tip Title
Database Administration	Cheat Sheet for SQL Server DBA Daily Operations
Database Administration	Cheat Sheet for SQL Server DBAs - Monitoring Current Activity, Blocking and Performance
Database Administration	Do Not Remote into your SQL Servers - Part 2
Database Administration	How to Avoid Making Remote Desktop Connections to SQL Server
Database Administration	Setting up a SQL Server Reporting Database
Database Console Commands DBCCs	Script to Run DBCC CheckDB on Alternate SQL Server to Reduce Load on Primary Server
Database Design	What is a Relational Database?
Dates	How to get a date and time from a SQL Server RowVersion value with T-SQL
Dates	Understanding Time Zones in SQL Server
Functions System	Sending mail messages from SQL Server
Functions System	Using Window Functions to Create Smart, Quick Queries
Functions User Defined UDF	Performance Problems and Solutions when using User Defined Functions in SQL Server
Indexing	SQL Server Filtered Index Example
Indexing	SQL Server Index Basics
Indexing	What is the Best Value for Fill Factor in SQL Server
Linked Servers	Understanding SQL Server Linked Servers
Locking and Blocking	Script to Decode SQL Server Locking and Blocking Wait Resources
Monitoring	SQL Server Monitoring On-premises and Cloud for Management and DBAs
Performance Tuning	Choose Between SQL Server Subquery T-SQL Code
Performance Tuning	SQL Server Performance Tuning with Query Plans and New Indexes
Performance Tuning	SQL Server Query Tuning with Statistics Time and Statistics IO
Performance Tuning	SQL Server SET STATISTICS IO ON Deep Dive
Professional Development Career	SQL Server Career Choices
Professional Development Career Planning	A Day in the Life of a SQL Server Data Architect
Reporting Services Administration	SSRS ReportServer Database Overview and Queries
SQL Server Agent	Query SQL Server Agent Jobs, Job Steps, History and Schedule System Tables
System Databases	Restore SQL Server Master Database Options
System Databases	SQL Server Backup and Restore History Queries
System Databases	SQL Server Model Database Tutorial
System Databases	SQL Server TempDB Tutorial
Tools	SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres, Azure and AWS Performance, Monitoring and Management with dbWatch Control Center
Triggers	How do SQL Server Triggers Work for Insert, Update, Delete and Truncate
Triggers	SQL Server Trigger Columns Updated Function
TSQL	Build Conditional SQL Server Logic - SQL IF, BEGIN, END, ELSE, ELSEIF
TSQL	Improve SQL Server Query Performance with Searchable Arguments
TSQL	SQL COUNT and SQL COUNT DISTINCT in SQL Server
TSQL	SQL EXISTS vs IN vs JOIN Performance Comparison
TSQL	SQL IN Operator
TSQL	SQL LIKE Statement for Various Text Patterns
TSQL	SQL NOT IN Operator
TSQL	SQL ORDER BY Clause Examples
TSQL	SQL Server NOT Equal Operators
TSQL	SQL WHERE Clause Explained
TSQL	T-SQL Comment Best Practices for SQL Server
TSQL	Using sp_prepare and sp_execute to utilize prepared SQL statements
Virtualization	SQL Server VM Best Practices

Tutorial	Topic
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Tutorial Outline
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Overview
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Location
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Size and Growth
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Maintenance
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Tables
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Objects
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Permissions
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Backup
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Recovery Model
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Restore
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	SQL Server Master Database Disaster Recovery
SQL Server Master Database Tutorial	Get Free SQL Tips - SQL Server Master Database Tutorial
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial Outline
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Overview
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Location
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Size and Growth
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Maintenance
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Tables
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Objects
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Permissions
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Backup
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Recovery Model
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Restore
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	SQL Server MSDB Database Disaster Recovery
SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial	Get Free SQL Tips - SQL Server MSDB Database Tutorial

Category	Topic
Database Administration	How to Avoid Worst Practices as a SQL Server DBA
Database Administration	Troubleshooting the most common SQL Server Problems
Indexing	Getting the Right SQL Server Indexes for Peak Performance
Maintenance	Best Practices for SQL Server Maintenance
TSQL	Building Better SQL Server Queries and Working with Data
TSQL	How to Optimize and Speed Up Your SQL
Virtualization	Running SQL Server on Virtual Machines Best Practices

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