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2026-05-18 (first published: 2026-04-27)
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Steve asks you what you think AI can do for you today, with a few suggestions of what he sees.
2026-05-18
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“On the way to a grand goal, celebrate the smallest victories as if each one were the final goal. That way, no matter where it ends, you are victorious.”...
2026-05-15 (first published: 2026-05-01)
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We often learn to write code before we really learn to read it, which seems like a problem to Steve.
2026-05-13 (first published: 2020-05-21)
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This month we have a new host, Meagan Longoria, who graciously agreed to help me this month. I’ve known Meagan for a number of years and she’s been a...
2026-05-12
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This editorial was originally published on Jun 17, 2020. It is being republished as Steve is out of town. Let us know if you've changed your SQL IDEs since then. Most of us use SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) to manage our SQL Server instances or to write database code. However, Microsoft does give us […]
2026-05-11 (first published: 2020-06-17)
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I’m at the UK Redgate office today, meeting with senior leaders in all areas of the business. I was honored to be awarded a spot in our President’s Club....
2026-05-11
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A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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