The End of Estimation - WMV
How interesting would it be to not have to guesstimate what size server to buy for your next application? Steve Jones may have found a way to help you.
2008-01-23
54 reads
Editorial - WMV
The In-House Expert - WMV
Are specialists worth keeping inside of a company? Or does it pay to hire generalists and then get consultants as needed? Steve Jones comments on the choices you might face as your career grows.
2008-01-22
53 reads
2008-01-21
47 reads
A Pay Raise - WMV
There's a shortage of IT workers, which should lead to a pay raise for some people. Steve Jones takes a look at some recent news about IT salaries.
2008-01-20
112 reads
Testing - WMV
We get tested in a variety of ways before we take a job, but what should be open for examination besides our technical skills? Answer this week's poll with your opinion.
2008-01-17
58 reads
Free and Cool - WMV
Two big events this week captured Steve Jones' attention. A little MySQL and Apple commentary to break up the week.
2008-01-16
63 reads
Billee-yons and Billee-yons of Gigabytes - WMV
The amount of data in the world grows every day and there's no end in sight. How big a problem is storage management? Steve Jones shares a few thoughts on how you might manage your storage.
2008-01-15
53 reads
Clearing the Bar - WMV
How do you decide who gets hired? Do you get the best candidate? Steve Jones says that most of us don't necessarily hire the best person that applies for a variety of reasons.
2008-01-14
49 reads
The Weekly Editorial - WMV
Our weekly commentary on SQL Server news and notes from the week ending 1/12/08.
2008-01-13
51 reads
Keynotes - WMV
This Friday we look forward to the various tech events of 2008 and which speakers you think are worth seeing.
2008-01-13
49 reads
Blogs
10 Decisions to Make Before You Create A Fabric Workspace
Creating a Fabric workspace takes about 30 seconds. Restructuring workspaces after people have built...
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
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Question of the Day
Adding new column with DEFAULT II
Which number did the two COUNT(*) return:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #tmp CREATE TABLE #tmp (id INT NOT NULL) INSERT INTO #tmp (id) SELECT gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 5) AS gs ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD my_value INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 1 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1 ALTER TABLE #tmp DROP CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value ALTER TABLE #tmp ADD CONSTRAINT df_tmp_my_value DEFAULT 2 FOR my_value SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #tmp AS t WHERE my_value = 1See possible answers