The Journey to Change
Many of us have a journey, either to SQL Server, or in today's world of many databases, perhaps away from SQL Server. Steve looks at his, and another's, journies.
2024-03-29
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Career Growth
An Experimental Mindset
Steve wonders how many of you have an experimental mindset. He finds those that embrace this do better in their careers.
2024-03-22
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Growing Skills at Work
We all need to grow our skills at work. It can be challenging, but we can find ways, as well as advocate to management that resources are needed.
2024-03-15
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Navigating the Database Landscape
Today Steve has a few thoughts on his keynote topic today at the Redgate Summit.
2024-03-13
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2024-03-08
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2024-03-04
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Live webinar: How to excel at managing multiple database platforms
Learn about how to handle the requirements of multitple platforms in this webinar.
2024-03-01
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“As DBAs, should we be worried about our jobs because of AI?” and other burning questions
We recently launched the State of the Database Landscape 2024 survey results, with information from almost 4,000 database professionals from around the globe. A clear picture emerged from the results, suggesting that 2024 is the year that skill diversification among database professionals is imperative.
2024-02-28
Learning Never Gets Old
It’s been a goal for several years to write (or help write) a book on a topic I love. While I can’t share details yet, there’s some movement on this dream and I’m excited about it. And I’m even more excited that I get to do it alongside someone that I’ve respected for a long […]
2024-02-17
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2024-02-16
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Blogs
The Data API Builder Start and Add Extensions in VS Code
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Another AI Faux Pax
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I was experimenting with a local model (article) and as a part of this,...
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File date from Extended Event .xel files
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SSMS gets very messy
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Question of the Day
Sparse Column Defaults
What are the restrictions for defaults on columns declared as sparse?
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