Accept Failure
Today Steve Jones talks about the risk inherent in any project, and how we should be aware of our mistakes, learn from them, and sometimes just give up when we've made too many.
2016-06-03 (first published: 2012-02-22)
223 reads
Editorial
2012-02-21
157 reads
Putting JSON on an equal footing to XML
In SQL Server, we treat XML with a reverence that is disproportionate to its importance. The SQL Server team have indeed gone big on XML, as Michael Cole’s book reveals. The industry has gone big in another direction: JSON.
2012-02-20
626 reads
Programmers v Salespeople
This Friday Steve Jones asks whether you think the salespeople or the technical people are more important to the success of a company. And if they should be better compensated.
2012-02-17
242 reads
Too Tired to Work Smart
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren as Steve Jones is on vacation. Today Andy looks at the ways we can cope when we have been working too much.
2023-09-13 (first published: 2012-02-16)
357 reads
Use Your Tools
It's easy to get stuck in a rut and not learn to use the new features and capabilities of your tools are they evolve. Steve Jones reminds you it's worth a little time investment to learn about your tools.
2012-02-15
216 reads
A Valentine for the Community
This Valentine's Day Steve Jones wants to thank everyone in the community for their efforts.
2012-02-14
90 reads
Upgrading Your Career
Certification is on Steve Jones' mind this week after quite a few training opportunities have popped up lately.
2012-02-13
277 reads
Anonymous Research
Anonymizing data is hard, and Steve Jones talks about some of the problems with trying. Is this something we should be more concerned about this with our corporate data?
2012-02-13
113 reads
Encryption in Production
This Friday Steve Jones wants to know if you are using encryption in your production system and if so, how is it working? Can you handle DR situations?
2012-02-10
261 reads
Blogs
Why Databases Still Fascinate Me
By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
Monday Monitor Tips: ServiceNow Integration
By Steve Jones
Earlier this year I visited a customer that was using the Redgate Monitor webhook...
Inspecting TSQL Abstract Syntax Trees
By Zikato
TSQL ScriptDOM is a useful library for parsing scripts into an abstract syntax tree....
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Question of the Day
The New Database CheckDB
I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
What is returned? See possible answers