If you’ve ever had to format dates and times in SQL, you’ve probably come across one of the most jarring realities of working across platforms: every major RDBMS does it differently and sometimes confusingly. What’s a TO_CHAR() in Oracle becomes FORMAT() or CONVERT() in SQL Server, and its sort of the same in PostgreSQL… but […]
2025-07-11
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When you create something, do you think about the future? Steve asks the question today.
2025-01-29
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2025-01-17
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There are a number of ways to run SQL Server for free (or low cost) for development. Read a bit about how to do this.
2024-02-23
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One of the slowest parts of any application is data retrieval and in this article, we look at how to cache SQL Server data for a web application.
2023-05-22
When I first started work as a software developer, I knew that getting an environment set up where I could compile a project might take a few hours or a few days. The complexities of how people built software projects, the dependencies, and more were handled in a very immature manner. These days I can […]
2022-11-16
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Steve notes that there are differences between state based development and migration based development, but neither is necessarily better.
2021-10-06
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2020-11-13
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The challenges of state in databases can impact our development efforts.
2020-08-31
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If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
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SQL Server gMSA: Why DBAs Still Aren't Using It in 2026 ...
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Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
We have performed a side-by-side upgrade, from SQL Server 2016 to 2022 Developer Edition,...
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