Full Text Search – CONTAINS
I’ve been working on a new presentation for full text search and brushing up on some of my T-SQL operators....
2012-09-27
4,827 reads
Steve Jones
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Off to the Center of the Universe
“New York City…center of the universe..” – Rent
I’m off to New York this morning for the start of the 2012 SQL...
2012-09-27
1,695 reads
Outsourcing Security
Companies may look to outsource security in order to take advantage of experts' skills at a lower price. What will that mean for data professionals?
2012-09-27
113 reads
Pair Programming
Today Steve Jones talks about pair programming and when it might make sense for data professionals.
2012-09-26
196 reads
Trade-offs
When working on a project, you have to make trade-offs. Unfortunately, some managers don't realize this. Steve Jones says we need to help them understand that doing things the right way, and working with trade-offs, makes for better systems.
2012-09-25
137 reads
Transferring Table Types
An interesting idea. I saw this question asked after I was playing with table types a bit. “Can you move...
2012-09-25
1,685 reads
IT is Looking Good
The forecast for IT work is growing. That's good for those of us working in the field.
2012-09-24
169 reads
Rewrite the Coding Rules
If we rewrite the coding rules, will software be more secure? Steve Jones thinks it might and that we should be constantly looking to change the techniques, patterns, and skills we have.
2012-09-24
211 reads
Teammates
This Friday Steve Jones wants you to have some fun and compare yourself to an athlete or media figure, or even a fictional character.
2012-09-21
139 reads
Verify those Backups
It’s important that you backup your database. The most important thing you can do. However making backups isn’t enough: you...
2012-09-21
876 reads
Blogs
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Do the Experts Become...
Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments...
Question of the Day
Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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