Daily Coping 16 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to take three calm breaths at regular intervals during the day. I had to travel recently, crossing time zones and moving between planes, trains, and...
2023-03-16
12 reads
Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
- Twitter: @way0utwest
- Website: https://www.voiceofthedba.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest
- Bluesky: way0utwest.bsky.social
- Threads: @way0utwest
Better Writing
Are you a good writer? You should be. Steve Jones notes that communication skills are not only important, but that poor ones can set you apart in a way you might not like.
2023-03-15 (first published: 2014-01-20)
329 reads
Daily Coping 15 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to slow down if you find yourself rushing too often. The modern world encourages rushing around. We try to do so many things, get to...
2023-03-15
13 reads
2023-03-15
393 reads
Daily Coping 14 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to notice how you speak to yourself and choose to use kind words. I was downtown recently for a few days with my wife, staying...
2023-03-14
11 reads
Daily Coping 13 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to start today by appreciating your body and that you’re alive. I greatly appreciate my body today. I had a long weekend, with a lot...
2023-03-13
9 reads
On the Road at SQL Bits
I may try to blog, but I know this is a busy week. I’m leaving today for England and SQL Bits. Actually I fly to London and then spend...
2023-03-13
18 reads
2023-03-13
410 reads
Watching the Watchers
This editorial was originally published on Jan 16, 2007. It is being republished today as Steve is on vacation. This one looks at the potential issues with data mining when data might be shared between companies.
2023-03-13 (first published: 2011-11-10)
158 reads
Adding a Computed Column–#SQLNewBlogger
Recently I needed to add a computed column to a table and realized that I didn’t remember the syntax. This short post show how to do this. Another post...
2023-03-10 (first published: 2023-03-01)
373 reads
Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
Forums
The New Wave of Security Threats
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New Wave of Security...
There's Too Much to Learn
Comments posted to this topic are about the item There's Too Much to Learn
How to Calculate Distance Between Coordinates in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How to Calculate Distance Between...
Question of the Day
SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
See possible answers