2022-03-18
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Career Growth
Is the Time of the DBA Ending?
The DBA role might be changing, but Steve thinks this creates opportunities.
2022-03-04
415 reads
Less is More
In some ways the world changes a lot; in others, it's very much the same. Steve notes that often change brings opportunities, if you can adapt.
2022-02-28
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An Active Job Search
Steve wants you to manage your career and actively find the job that is best for you.
2022-02-18
173 reads
The Battlefield of Your Career
If you want to actively manage your career and drive it forward, Steve has some advice.
2022-02-14
182 reads
Are You a Good Engineer?
A thread about what it takes to be a good engineer has Steve commenting on those characteristics that are important to him.
2022-01-28
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2022-01-14
299 reads
What Were Your 2021 Wins
The first poll question of the year has Steve asking you to look back at 2021 and pick something good that happened.
2022-01-07
174 reads
A Day in the Life of a SQL Server Data Architect
This article looks at what an average day of a SQL Server Data Architect looks like and some of the things you would need to as a Data Architect.
2021-12-29
Wellness Week
I work for a great company, one that I feel cares about me as more than a "resource", gives me opportunities (with responsibility and accountability), and has some nice benefits. I actually used one of those last week. I get a volunteer day every year, where I can spend time with a charity and get […]
2021-12-22
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Blogs
Creating a Striped Backup Set with AI
By Steve Jones
I needed to test a striped backup, so I decided to ask the AI’s...
SQL Server Migration Overview
By Kevin3NF
It’s Not Just Backup / Restore At some point every company faces it: the...
Trace Flag 1448 – Lessons from a Technical Interview
By gbargsley
In SQL Server environments where transactional replication runs alongside Always On Availability Groups (AGs),...
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Question of the Day
Strange String Splits
When I run this code, how many rows are returned?
DECLARE @meals NVARCHAR(1000) = N'夕食昼食朝食' DECLARE @s NVARCHAR(1) = N'食' SELECT value FROM STRING_SPLIT(@meals, @s) GOSee possible answers