Microsoft and R
R is an interesting language and one that might become more important to data professionals in the future. Microsoft is also making an investment here.
2015-03-19
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Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
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2015-03-19
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ALTER SCHEMA TO ADD PERMISSIONS
I’m sure some of you have wanted to do this:
ALTER SCHEMA Steve AUTHORIZATION Steve
You realize this doesn’t work, and you...
2015-03-18
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2015-03-18
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2015-03-17
1,892 reads
Computational Biologist
A job Steve Jones has never heard of is using data to improve medical treatments.
2015-03-16
97 reads
The Demo Setup–Attaching Databases with Powershell
I found another use for Powershell, one actually suggested by someone else: attaching specific SQL Server databases.
TL;DR I have a...
2015-03-16
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2015-03-13
1,464 reads
Allowing a User to Create Objects in a Schema
I was testing something the other day and realized this was a security area I didn’t completely understand. I decided...
2015-03-12
1,183 reads
Altering a Column with NOT NULL
A short piece, as I ran into the need recently to alter a column to NOT NULL status. I’ve rarely...
2015-03-12
787 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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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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