Strike Force
Would you want to be part of a Strike Force or "A-Team" in IT? Steve Jones thinks most of us would rather just do a good job and go home.
2010-12-28
109 reads
Editorial
The Professional Student
This week Steve Jones talks about the need for people working in technology to be professional students. Get a few ideas of what you can learn this week from Database Weekly.
2010-12-27
171 reads
Resolve to Plan Your Year
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that asks you to look forward to the next year and think about your future.
2010-12-27
237 reads
2010-12-24
100 reads
Call in the Experts
Today we have an editorial from Feb 1, 2006 that is being reprinted as Steve Jones is on vacation. Steve talks about the need to call in a friend to check on the performance of the SQLServerCentral servers.
2010-12-23
92 reads
Calling Out Bad Advice
Today we have a guest editorial from Tim Mitchell that asks how we should handle bad advice given on the Internet.
2010-12-22
540 reads
64 bit
Today we have a guest editorial from November 26, 2005. Steve Jones talks about the transition to 64 bit architectures.
2010-12-21
173 reads
The Twelve Days of SQL
As we approach the holidays, Steve Jones talks about the latest blog theme, and how nice it is to see these types of things from the community.
2010-12-20
175 reads
The Institute for Backup Trauma
Today we have an editorial reprinted from April 27, 2005. Steve Jones is on vacation, so we are reprinting this look at backup strategies and media.
2010-12-20
224 reads
Under Appreciated Features
This Friday we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that asks about those features in SQL Serve that you find very useful, but perhaps aren't as well known.
2010-12-17
594 reads
Blogs
I recommend Smart Brevity (book) for communications
By Brian Kelley
Following the advice in Smart Brevity improves communication.
SQL Server 2025 Developer Edition – One size fits all
By John
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025, bringing big improvements to its main database engine....
Monday Monitor Tips: Learning While Using the Tool
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about what certain items in Redgate Monitor mean. They have...
Forums
Switch partition: NULL boundary id
I have table: t1 in schema1 with 19 billion records. I have another table...
Minimally Viable Security
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Encoding NULL
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Question of the Day
Encoding NULL
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2025?
SELECT BASE64_ENCODE(NULL)See possible answers