2020-12-29
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Career Growth
Corporate Career Progression
Today Steve looks at the career paths that might, or might not, exist inside an organization.
2020-12-28
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Join the New Stars of Data
There are plenty of opportunities to grow your career by sharing knowledge. Steve points out a few today.
2020-12-17
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Reflections
Today is a day for reflections in Steve's life, looking back at the incredible year of 2020.
2020-12-11
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Practice Your Skills with the Advent of Code
The annual Advent of Code challenge is underway, and you can use it to help grow your career.
2020-12-08
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Seeking Growth
Today Steve notes that we often don't have all the knowledge or information we need, but we can work to acquire it.
2020-12-07
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2020-11-25
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Career Goals and Inspiration
Steve asks what you might want to achieve or accomplish in your career.
2020-10-16
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How Important is a Conference?
Is going to a conference valuable for you? Your employer? Today Steve asks you to think about what might be important.
2020-10-12
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New Stuff Can Be Scary
I'm learning how to be a net controller for a high frequency (HF) radio network. Nets are a fun way to make lots of contacts quickly. Taking part in a net is simple. You check in with the net control and then you can answer calls or make calls (different nets have different rules). It's […]
2020-09-26
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
The First Steps: Understanding the Basics of FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps professional, I’ve seen firsthand how cloud costs can quickly spiral out...
Monday Monitor Tips: AI Query Analysis
By Steve Jones
AI is everywhere. It’s in the news, it’s being added to every product, management...
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Not Just an Upgrade
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers