﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" version="2.0"><channel><title>SQLServerCentral.com Articles tagged Editorial, SQLServerCentral</title><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/</link><description>Articles tagged Editorial, SQLServerCentral posted on SQLServerCentral.com</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>360</ttl><managingEditor>sjones@sqlservercentral.com (Steve Jones)</managingEditor><item><title>Ask SQLServerCentral</title><description><![CDATA[A new feature is available on SQLServerCentral, and Steve Jones talks a little about how it fits in with your strategy here at the site. Visit ask.sqlservercentral.com and let us know what you think.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/68518/</guid><pubDate>2009/10/19</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/68518/</link></item><item><title>There's a Lot to Learn From Even Simple Puzzles</title><description><![CDATA[Phil reflects on the problem-solving power of SQLServerCentral at its best, and mentions some of the impressive contributions to the Summer SQL Stumpers competition]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/67817/</guid><pubDate>2009/08/11</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/67817/</link></item><item><title>Guest Editorial: Information is Power</title><description><![CDATA[Phil Factor muses on the power, and potential failings, of the relational database, and wonders if those responsible for its development should feel any guilt about the opportunities for abuse of the power that it affords.<!-- Too many SQL Servers to keep up with? -->
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  <td><a href="http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Response/offers/too_many_servers.htm?utm_source=ssc&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=toomany200912&utm_campaign=sqlresponse"><img alt="SQL Response" height="68" src="http://www.red-gate.com/images/marketing/SSC/response_ico.gif" width="68" border="0"/></a></td>
  <td><strong>Too many SQL Servers to keep up with?</strong><br /><a href="http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Response/offers/too_many_servers.htm?utm_source=ssc&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=toomany200912&utm_campaign=sqlresponse">Download a free trial</a> of SQL Response to monitor your <br>SQL Servers in just one intuitive interface."The monitoring<br>in SQL Response is excellent." Mike Towery. </a><img src="/Images/spacer.gif?d=ad_olr1"/></td>
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  <td><a href="http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Response/offers/easy_monitoring.htm?utm_source=ssc&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=easy_monitoring200912&utm_campaign=sqlresponse"><img alt="SQL Response" height="68" src="http://www.red-gate.com/images/marketing/SSC/response_ico.gif" width="68" border="0"/></a></td>
  <td><strong>SQL Server monitoring made easy </strong><br />"Keeping an eye on our many SQL Server instances<br> is much easier  with SQL Response." Mike Lile.<br><a href="http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Response/offers/easy_monitoring.htm?utm_source=ssc&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=easy_monitoring200912&utm_campaign=sqlresponse">Download a free trial of SQL Response now. </a><img src="/Images/spacer.gif?d=ad_olr1"/></td>
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</table>]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65756/</guid><pubDate>2009/02/04</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65756/</link></item><item><title>Guest Editorial: And Now; a Recitation</title><description><![CDATA[In which Phil Factor responds to the muse and writes a poem in the style of a School Song, in which he tries to give a mention to all the top writers and forum-posters.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/The+Millionth+Member+of+SQL+Server+Central/65698/</guid><pubDate>2009/02/02</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/The+Millionth+Member+of+SQL+Server+Central/65698/</link></item><item><title>Celebration</title><description><![CDATA[Steve Jones reminisces a bit and comments on reaching one million members in the community.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65693/</guid><pubDate>2009/01/29</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65693/</link></item><item><title>Changing Taxonomy</title><description><![CDATA[Steve Jones is considering changes to SQLServerCentral and presents a few ideas today.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65386/</guid><pubDate>2008/12/29</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65386/</link></item><item><title>Guest Editorial: That ain't a Database, it's a Spreadsheet</title><description><![CDATA[Phil recently had to draw up a list of 'top ten' pieces of advice for programmers who were starting out as database developers. It is a difficult thing to do when one is immersed in the study of the intricacies and detail of the plumbing of SQL Server.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65266/</guid><pubDate>2008/12/18</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65266/</link></item><item><title>Simple Metadata</title><description><![CDATA[Tagging has become a new hot action for many people on the Internet, especially in the Web 2.0 social networking world. Steve Jones comes to a revelation about tagging and metadata.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65258/</guid><pubDate>2008/12/15</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65258/</link></item><item><title>The Wild Fringes of SQL Server Development</title><description><![CDATA[We can now clearly see two opposing trends in the way SQL Server is being used in applications. The dumb database brigade regards SQL Server as simply a 'data dump'. The 'database fanatics' think SQL Server on its own can meet the needs of all but the most demanding applications. Can these opposing trends be reconciled? Tony Davis would like to think so.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65114/</guid><pubDate>2008/12/01</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65114/</link></item><item><title>The Ebb and Flow of Community</title><description><![CDATA[Phil Factor talks a bit about the SQLServerCentral community and how we all get something different from it.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/64949/</guid><pubDate>2008/11/28</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/64949/</link></item><item><title>Undocumented Routines: Forbidden fruit.</title><description><![CDATA[Phil wonders whether it is time to come up with clear 'best practice' guidelines to cover the use of undocumented routines, and ends up deciding it is a gray area.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65045/</guid><pubDate>2008/11/24</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/65045/</link></item><item><title>Pick the Winner</title><description><![CDATA[Steve Jones talks a bit about the Exceptional DBA awards and calls for your vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/64139/</guid><pubDate>2008/09/02</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/64139/</link></item><item><title>The Test of Time</title><description><![CDATA[A change here at SQLServerCentral.com and Steve Jones gives some thoughts on the impact of this for the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/62964/</guid><pubDate>2006/11/13</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/62964/</link></item></channel></rss>