There are any number of small, annoying or tedious things in SQL Server and Steve Jones makes a case for getting them fixed. Today's editorial was originally published on Nov 11, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is out of town.
2013-02-21
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Things on the ranch inspire Steve Jones in the rest of his life. He's one you might not have thought about. Today's editorial was originally published on Nov 3, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is out of town.
2013-02-20 (first published: 2008-11-03)
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Actually I’m off to Bellevue this week for the annual MVP Summit that Microsoft puts on each year. This is...
2013-02-18
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There are a number of articles on dealing with the insertion of binary data into SQL Server using BULK INSERT,...
2013-02-17
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Our desktop OSes have evolved to support group accounts, but much of the ecosystems around them do not and many mobile and tablet devices do not. Why don't they?
2013-02-13
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This month the invitation is from Wayne Sheffield, asking if you have a PowerShell story for everyone. That’s fitting since...
2013-02-12
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There are a lot of regulations around data in the medical field. Most of the exceed HIPAA, but end up causing confusion and problems. Steve Jones thinks simplication is important if our technology systems are to support future regulations.
2013-02-11
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This week Steve Jones notices some good advice from Brent Ozar and the fastest query in your database.
2013-02-11
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This past weekend was the first SQL Saturday in New Mexico. I had written about our trip down last week,...
2013-02-11
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I’ve never felt the need to allow this, but I saw someone ask the questions recently. Suppose you had a...
2013-02-08 (first published: 2013-01-28)
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By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
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