Data Quality

Today we have an editorial reprinted from Dec 12, 2005 as Steve is on vacation. Steve talks about the hassles of poor data quality and why it can hurt a business.

A Variety of Interpretations

This week was T-SQL Tuesday week, the brainchild of Adam Machanic, and hosted by Pat Wright. The theme of Automation produced some very interesting posts. Some of them might inspire you to change the way you tackle the solutions for a variety of problems.

Careful Blogging

Today we have a reprint of an editorial from Sept 22, 2005. In this one, Steve Jones reminds you that blogging is a public event and you want to be careful about what you write.

Valentines Day

T-SQL Tuesday Topics – Feb 2011

I was looking for a static list of all the T-SQL Tuesday topics and couldn’t find one. The domain moves...

OldSQL

Support for SQL Server 2005 expires in April. Should you care? Steve Jones thinks it might not be a big deal for many people.

I make myself smile

Sometimes, usually when I’m editing video, I see myself do something silly. Today was one of those times, and these...

You Should Know

Are there things you should know? It seems that we quite often find that others in our profession don't understand the simple things we assume they do. Steve Jones talks about one item in particular: staging servers.

SQL CLR App Domains

Life Without Keyboards

The way we input data is changing with the advent of the iPad and tablets. Is that good or bad for the acquisition of data? Steve Jones has a few thoughts today.