The Danger of Custom Software
Is it worth writing your own software? Steve Jones says you ought to really think about it and perhaps spend time looking to buy something before you build a new application.
2012-06-12
196 reads
Editorial
Tuning People?
Database people are used to changing the hardware of the server on which a problem database resides, or making changes to indexes and database settings, but humans and their organisations are far more difficult to tune and optimise than databases.
2012-06-11
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Learn in the Margins
It can be very hard to find time to learn new skills and get better at your job. Today Steve Jones talks about finding a little time in the margins of your life.
2012-06-07
209 reads
The Platform as Code
Today Steve Jones talks about the need to understand code to be a good administrator. Our systems are more complex and we cannot manage multiple systems by clicking on buttons in an interface.
2012-06-06
121 reads
Managing Risk
Managing risk is a park of business, but it also requires that we have the information to properly assess the issues. Do we prevent that in IT?
2012-06-05
136 reads
The Upgrade Avalanche
This year we will see a large number of upgrades from Microsoft to much of its technology stack. Can IT Pros handle the load?
2012-06-04
99 reads
New Security Holes
Siri is seen as a data security hole at IBM. This is something that Steve Jones thinks we might need to be more concerned about in the future, especially as more and more processing takes places outside of our walls.
2012-06-04
150 reads
Career Engagement
This Friday Steve Jones asks if you like your job. Are you engaged? Do you want to stay? Give us your answer today.
2012-06-01
204 reads
Never, Ever Use Clustered Indexes
Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey that might surprise you. Today Grant talks about clustered indexes in your tables.
2012-05-31
969 reads
Is Empowerment Good?
Today Steve Jones notes that we use computers to enable others to handle their own work without help. But is that always a good idea.
2012-05-30
99 reads
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
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
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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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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