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
317 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
230 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)
157 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
297 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
138 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
100 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
119 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
212 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
93 reads
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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