Daily Coping 16 Jul 2021
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...
2021-07-16
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Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
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Messy Job Descriptions
Job descriptions can be messy and intimidating, but Steve notes that they aren't ever going to be perfect. Work with that to find the job or candidate you need.
2021-07-16
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Service for Brian Moran
If you are in the Reston, VA area and would like to attend, the service information is here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brian-morans-celebration-of-life-tickets-163260712185?fbclid=IwAR3uwlJgfqXJrQf998pyGaZtyDupT_Vi6mwQIqaVufV9cJkNMfi-6LmrA7w Also, if someone going can livestream, there are quite a...
2021-07-16
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Daily Coping 15 Jul 2021
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...
2021-07-15
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Basic Window Functions–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. Window functions are a class of functions that...
2021-07-14 (first published: 2021-07-07)
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Daily Coping 14 Jul 2021
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...
2021-07-14
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2021-07-14
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Getting Row Numbers with Window Functions–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. In a recent post, I started looking at...
2021-07-14
137 reads
Importing a CSV into SQL Server Shouldn't Be This Hard
A frustrating time importing CSV files leads Steve to test the different options.
2021-07-14
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Improving DevOps Automation
Steve notes that his employer is re-evaluating their build and release process, in a true DevOps fashion to improve the way they build software.
2021-07-14
135 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
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...
Forums
Fare Labs Pvt. Ltd. is a food testing laboratory.
FARE Labs provides nutritional testing for food items and agricultural goods in order to...
String_agg not working as needed
I'm trying to get this string_agg to put all the 'comments' into one result...
Vectors in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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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