Missing the Office
Steve talks about being back in an office today, at a customer where everyone comes in every day.
2024-04-17
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Editorials
Kendra’s Top 3 Tips for Working Remotely
A guest editorial today from Kendra has a few tips for working from home.
2024-04-15 (first published: 2020-03-12)
1,191 reads
There's No Free Lunch with Open-source Software
As a member of the PostgreSQL open-source community, I have been following the recent license change by Redis Labes on March 20, 2024. Redis introduced a dual license model, specifically adding the Redis Source Available License (RSAL), which prevents other vendors from providing Redis as a service without a paid subscription from Redis Labs. The […]
2024-04-13
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2024-04-12
63 reads
The Code Freeze
Today Steve discusses code freezes, those times when you don't allow changes to be made by developers.
2024-04-10
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2024-04-08 (first published: 2019-08-21)
834 reads
To Each Their Own
I recently came back from a trip to Las Vegas. I was privileged to be able to take part in the very first Fabric Community Conference. It was a great event, well attended. BUT... It was in Las Vegas. I am not a fan. First of all, Vegas is just far too noisy for me. […]
2024-04-06
78 reads
When is it time for a new job?
Steve asks the question today about when you might think about changing employers. He has some advice for you, whether you're happy or in need of a new position.
2024-04-05
116 reads
Under the Bus
Today Steve discusses a disturbing trend, where technical workers are being thrown under the bus by management.
2024-04-03
153 reads
CosmosDB APIs Inside SQL Server 2024
New enhancements in SQL Server 2024 will allow MongoDB and Cassandra clients to store their data in a SQL Server database, in native NoSQL format.
2024-04-01
126 reads
Blogs
Check your regions people
Today I was having a nice discussion with some colleagues about Fabric and pricing/licensing...
Using Git Prune–#SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
As I’ve been working with SQL Saturday and managing changes to events, I’ve accumulated...
Microsoft Purview new data governance features
By James Serra
Starting last week is a rollout of the public preview of a new and...
Forums
Degraded Performance in 2017 vs 2008 R2 with inserts
We're finally upgrading from SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise to SQL Server 2017 Standard...
Do I need a recursive query for this? bill of materials (sort of)
I am working on a data warehouse project for a bakery. For the most...
Do I need a recursive query for this? bill of materials (sort of)
I am working on a data warehouse project for a bakery. For the most...
Question of the Day
Restoring the Resource Database
How can I restore a version of the Resource Database in SQL Server 2022?
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