Burnout
Doing the same thing for too long, and not enjoying it, isn't good for anyone. You might be burned out, or as Steve Jones notes, you might need to change our perspective.
2018-10-29 (first published: 2015-02-09)
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Editorial
Programming Rules and 'Best Practices' Can't Replace Professional Judgement
In which Phil Factor casts doubts on 'programming policies'. For certain, any IT team development requires plenty of methods of working that maximise productivity, but coding standards and ‘best practices’ have to be treated with caution. Programming rules can’t replace professional judgement
2015-02-09
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Interrupt Me, I'm Stagnating
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren with a few hints on how you can continue to be proactive as a DBA.
2015-02-05
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The Number that shouldn't be a number
Gail Shaw is often left bewildered by the weird and wonderful data types people choose for their tables, when storing something as simple as a telephone number or a date.
2024-07-12 (first published: 2015-02-02)
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2019-05-28 (first published: 2015-01-30)
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You Better Learn to Work at Scale
We are managing more and more systems and databases all the time. To Steve Jones, that means we must be able to work at scale.
2015-01-29
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Normal Data
More and more people are starting to perform data analysis, including DBAs, but they should be aware of what normal means for data.
2018-10-10 (first published: 2015-01-28)
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Time for Learning
How do you find time for learning? More importantly, Steve Jones asks if you find time for actual use of your knowledge.
2015-01-27
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Deploy the Database First
Steve Jones thinks it's important that we be able to deploy almost any changes to our databases without breaking applications.
2018-12-17 (first published: 2015-01-26)
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Which Problem Are You Solving?
This week Steve Jones talks a bit about problem solving and how you should approach the issue.
2015-01-26
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Blogs
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Question of the Day
A New Operator
In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?
SELECT '1' || '0'See possible answers