2016-11-08 (first published: 2013-02-14)
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Editorial
The Group Account
Our desktop OSes have evolved to support group accounts, but much of the ecosystems around them do not and many mobile and tablet devices do not. Why don't they?
2013-02-13
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Practicing Deployments
Amateurs practice until they can get something right. Professionals practice until they don't get things wrong. How should we handle our deployments?
2016-09-07 (first published: 2013-02-12)
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Data Freedom and Regulation
There are a lot of regulations around data in the medical field. Most of the exceed HIPAA, but end up causing confusion and problems. Steve Jones thinks simplication is important if our technology systems are to support future regulations.
2013-02-11
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Rethinking Your Design
This week Steve Jones notices some good advice from Brent Ozar and the fastest query in your database.
2013-02-11
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A Computer Goes to College
IBM is sending a Watson supercomputer to college. We don't know what will happen with this experiment, but it is exciting for those of us looking forward to interacting more with computers in the future.
2013-02-07
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Data Journalism
Data Journalism is a new idea that is bringing us a new way of reporting on the world. Steve Jones thinks this might be useful inside of all kinds of organizations.
2013-02-06
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The Cloud in Large IT Shops
There are a lot of advantages for small companies in using cloud services, but is that the case for large IT groups? Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2013-02-05
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Dealing with Supervision
Working with someone that micro-managers you or watches your every action can be hard. Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2017-04-06 (first published: 2013-02-04)
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DBA Hypochondria
It is easy to become overwhelmed by server symptoms (aka metrics), in the forlorn hope that the more we collect, the clearer a picture we'll assemble of what ails the server. We should, of course, be looking at the whole patient.
2013-02-04
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
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The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
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Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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