Stress – It’s Not Fair
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at stress and how it impacts your job. He offers a few ways that you might better deal with it as well.
2011-11-28
217 reads
Editorial
Little Love Lost for SMO
SMO is a very useful way of automating a wide range of routine database jobs, but Phil Factor laments Microsoft's apparent ambivalence towards the technology, including a lack of anything remotely resembling adequate documentation.
2011-11-28
213 reads
Snack Attack
This editorial was originally published on Jan 11, 2007 and is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. A fun poll today asking what you like to eat at work.
2011-11-25
90 reads
Are You Easy To Work With?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at the relationships you have with your co-workers.
2011-11-23
467 reads
Power Tools at Work
This editorial was originally published on Jan 17, 2007. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation. This one deals with data security.
2011-11-22
115 reads
Helpful Advice?
This editorial was originally published on Feb 5, 2007 and is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. Is this the advice you'd give, or take, in a DR situation? Steve thinks it's not.
2011-11-21
122 reads
RC0
This week saw the release of RC2 of SQL Server 2012 and marks an important milestone towards the next release of SQL Server.
2011-11-21
109 reads
What's Your Title?
A career based poll this Friday has Steve Jones asking what your title is, or maybe what you think it should be given the work that you do.
2011-11-18
175 reads
More SQL Injection
Why are sites still being hit by SQL Injection on a large scale? Steve Jones talks about a recent large scale attack that affected over a million sites.
2011-11-17
597 reads
Do You Want to be a DBA in Space?
With the DBA in Space contest ending this week, Steve Jones has some thoughts on the contest, and what he'd do if he were to win.
2011-11-16
81 reads
Blogs
The end of an era – why I chose not to renew my MVP
By DataOnWheels
Two years ago, two things happened within a few days of each other. I...
PowerShell Strikes Back: A New Script
By gbargsley
This is it. The final chapter of PowerShell Strikes Back. Over the past four...
Claude Desktop
By Arun Sirpal
Claude is more than a chat window. The desktop experience includes structured workspaces, generated...
Forums
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ephemeral Model: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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QUOTENAME Behavior
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QUOTENAME Behavior
I use QUOTENAME() like this in code?
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(20) = 'Steve Jones' SELECT QUOTENAME(@s, '>')What is returned? See possible answers