Get MAXimum functionality

SQL 2005 provides a the new max specifier to be used with varbinary, varchar and nvarchar data types. You can...

Poll

If you haven't seen it, I started a poll in the editorial today. Check it out and give you answer:...

Day Zero

Today's the day!!!

SQL Server is being released as I type this and I'm online listening to the keynote from Steve...

Boycott Sony

In general I have been a Sony fan for most of my life, starting with the Walkmans they brought out...

Looking For Technical Editors

If anyone is interested, we are looking for people that are interested
in doing some technical editing for our magazine, the...

The Plame Saga...

Living in the D.C metro area it is difficult to avoid politics, 
policies and policy-makers. After 9/11 it became well nigh
impossible ...

It's Done

I wrote the editorial today about this, but SQL Server 2005 RTM'd yesterday!!!

If you an on MSDN Subscriber, you can...

The Great Uproar and some advice

My editorial
this past week had to do with a great uproar on the interviewing piece
that ran Monday. I felt I...

On vacation!

It was busy at work after returning from PASS which means my work day continued for 2 or 3 hours after I got...

Something About Nothing: NULL

You wouldn’t think that “nothing” would cause so many problems. But seriously, understanding how to correctly use NULLs is a...