Create Your Own Intense Interview
Today Steve Jones talks about interviews and the way in which he approaches them to make sure that the job is the best fit for both the company and the candidate.
2012-05-29
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Steve Jones
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The Standing Desk Experiment
I’ve had a few friends using standing desks for sometime. I first heard about Greg Gonzalez (sqlSentry | Blog | @SQLSensei), fellow...
2012-05-29
1,959 reads
Always restore with NORECOVERY
Always, always, ALWAYS restore a SQL Server database with the NORECOVERY option.
It’s trivial to switch the database online.
Not...
2012-05-28 (first published: 2012-05-24)
7,062 reads
Happy Memorial Day 2012
It's Memorial Day in the US and Steve out is paying tribute to our soldiers and cutting grass on the tractor. He's left you a blooper reel to enjoy.
2012-05-28
63 reads
A Break from Data
This Friday, before the Memorial Day holiday in the US, Steve Jones wants to know how you would spend your break from work.
2012-05-25
119 reads
Exercise in the Margins
This article about exercising when you can is really interesting. It contains a number of hints about exercising and fitting...
2012-05-25
1,169 reads
From the Labs of SQL Prompt
I love SQL Prompt as an add-in for SSMS. The intellisense is very handy for me and I’ve gotten used...
2012-05-25 (first published: 2012-05-21)
2,709 reads
Making New Infrastructure Investments
One of the areas where the cloud may have the most impact is with new infrastructure improvements. Steve Jones talks about a few companies that are using the cloud in different ways.
2012-05-24
118 reads
Lifehacking – Not such a good idea?
I read the confessions of a recovering Lifehacker and thought it was an interesting read. It seems that the author...
2012-05-23
1,024 reads
The Tally Table and Expanding Rows
Suppose you had some data like this:
Class Limit
————— ———–
Calculus 5
History 4
Physics 2
But what you really want is this:
Class ...
2012-05-22
1,468 reads
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A New Word: los vidados
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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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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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