The Home Server is Back

After reading about the Amazon/Apple attack this morning, I grabbed a second cup of coffee and went in search of...

Milk

Genome research into producing the best cows for milk has Steve Jones thinking about the implications for other industries. There could be new opportunities for data professionals.

T-SQL Tuesday #33 – Trick Shot

It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, and this is my post for #33. The host is Mike Fal and his topic...

No Limits

Google recently promised no limits to their computing engine online. Is that going to change how we use cloud computing? Read Steve Jones' thoughts and give us your opinion.

Standing Desk – Flooring

My standing desk experiment has worked out well. I have gotten used to standing there and I’ve slowly found places...

A Data Hub

The idea of a data hub in your company is interesting to Steve Jones. He talks about this concept, and how it might help you increase data quality, and perhaps get closed to a single view of the truth.

Excluding Schemas in SQL Compare

I saw this question posted the other day and thought it was a great idea.

I haven’t been a big...

Startup Jobs

Are there things you need to make sure are running when your SQL Agent starts? Did you know that you...

Wiggle Room

Consultants sometimes don't live up to their hype. To what extent should we expect them to know exactly what they're doing? This editorial was originally published on Nov 9, 2007. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation.

Creating a DDL Trigger

One of the most amazing features to an old SQL Server 4.2 guy was the addition of DDL triggers to...