2022-09-12
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Steve Jones
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The Challenge of Early Tech Decisions
We often live with our early decisions on technology, which can be a challenge over time.
2022-09-12
160 reads
Daily Coping 9 Sep 2022
Today’s coping tip is to let go of self-criticism and speak to yourself kindly. This tip follows on nicely from yesterday’s tip, just the other side of that one....
2022-09-09
11 reads
Fixing Impostor Syndrome
Lessons on impostor syndrome from a marketer apply to technologists as well.
2022-09-09
266 reads
2022-09-09
576 reads
Daily Coping 8 Sep 2022
Today’s tip is to notice the things you do well, however small. I think I have a lot of room for improvement, and it’s easy to self-criticize and find...
2022-09-08
18 reads
2022-09-07
568 reads
Daily Coping 7 Sep 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-09-07
20 reads
Developer Optimism
Developers, in general, are very optimistic about the code they write. This is likely one cause of their estimates of the time required being low, as well as the various bugs that slip through because of corner cases that appear for the problem being solved. Often developers think they've considered the various ways this code […]
2022-09-07
187 reads
Daily Coping 6 Sep 2022
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-09-06
13 reads
Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
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Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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