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
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
Huge frustration - Database watcher with two elastic pools
Think there's a reason why this is still in preview, but have someone manage...
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers