Don't Criticize Code
For anyone eager for a long-term career in IT Development, humility and tact are probably more important habits to acquire than demon coding-skills. Phil Factor explains why.
2011-11-14
316 reads
Editorial
The Industry Problem
We have less people studying technical subjects and an apparent shortage of technical talent in the IT field. Steve Jones thinks we might have an industry wide problem.
2011-11-14
227 reads
First Impressions
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that examines the first impressions that you create when you meet someone.
2011-11-11
126 reads
Watching the Watchers
This editorial was originally published on Jan 16, 2007. It is being republished today as Steve is on vacation. This one looks at the potential issues with data mining when data might be shared between companies.
2023-03-13 (first published: 2011-11-10)
156 reads
License By Core
Microsoft recently announced changes in the licensing for SQL Server 2012 and Steve Jones has a few thoughts on the topic.
2011-11-09
296 reads
Real Time Dangers
Steve Jones notes that our expert systems might not handle every situation well, and the quest to move towards more real time decision making can involve dangers if a human is not in the loop.
2011-11-08
135 reads
Going Green in Software Development
Today Steve Jones talks about the impact of better software programming on the energy use in your company's data center.
2011-11-07
97 reads
Never offend a captive audience
Write what you choose to when the reader can, in turn, choose not to read your work; but when you are writing about Technology, you have a captive audience. They need to read your work to keep abreast of the technology. Don't gratuitously offend them. It is not the action of a gentleman, D____it!
2011-11-07
117 reads
ETL
Today we have an editorial that was originally published on Aug 31, 2006 as Steve is traveling at DevConnections. It still seems relevant, so answer the poll this week.
2011-11-04
210 reads
Laptop Boy Scouts
This editorial was originally published on Jan 10, 2007. Steve is at DevConnections, so it is being republished. This piece talks about laptop security when you are working in a public place.
2011-11-03
89 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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