No, I do not provide childcare at my technology events...
A guest editorial from Julie Yack looks at the difference between men and women from the perspective of one very successful woman in technology.
2010-10-05
271 reads
Editorial
Women and Men - Same or Different?
Today we have a guest editorial from Wendy Pastick, co chair of the Women in Technology Virtual Chapter. Today Wendy takls about how men and women handle their careers.
2010-10-04
348 reads
The One True Script
Phil Factor less-than-fond memories of the days of the One True Source Script. However, despite recent advances, he wonders just how much smoother team-based database development really is.
2010-10-04
235 reads
Measuring Career Growth
A guest editorial from Tim Mitchell today looks at keeping track of what we have done in our careers, and the value that it gives us.
2015-03-05 (first published: 2010-10-01)
441 reads
Planning for Failure
Today Steve Jones reminds us that the small disasters are likely to occur, and that you need to be sure that you're planning for them, and practicing for the recovery that will be needed.
2010-09-30
146 reads
The Design Investment
How much of an investment should you make in learning design? Steve Jones talks about why we should learn how to do it right.
2015-03-11 (first published: 2010-09-29)
328 reads
Hot Skills
What are the hot skills for 2011? Steve Jones talks about one that you might not have thought about.
2010-09-28
696 reads
Can Wives Shorten Work Hours?
This editorial was originally published on Jun 23, 2005. It is being reprinted today as Steve is on vacation. It talks about the impact of long hours on families.
2010-09-27
256 reads
SQL Server's implementation of Window Functions
Phil factor compares SQL Server 2008's implementation of Window Functions to PostgreSQL and finds SQL Server frustratingly lacking in some of the essentials.
2010-09-27
796 reads
Great Service – All About Attitude
today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about how attitude can influence the impression you make can have a huge impact on how your service is viewed.
2010-09-24
132 reads
Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers