The Cloud of Destiny
Is SQL Server going to move to the "cloud?" Steve Jones thinks it is and has a few thoughts as he starts off with "cloud week" here at SQLServerCentral.
2013-10-15 (first published: 2009-04-13)
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Editorial
Service Pack 1 - Database Weekly (Apr 13, 2009)
This past week saw the release of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008, and some interesting changes with it. Steve Jones comments.
2009-04-13
250 reads
Encrypting SQL Code
This Friday's poll looks at the encryption options for your code in SQL Server. Steve Jones asks if there is a benefit for these routines.
2013-11-04 (first published: 2009-04-10)
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Ruthless
Managing your time is a skill that is important in your career. Steve Jones talks a little today about why you might want to develop this skill.
2009-04-09
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Falling Over our Assumptions
There's a saying about what it says about a person to assume something. However it's something we all do every day. Phil Factor brings us a guest editorial about assumptions in SQL code.
2020-06-25 (first published: 2009-04-08)
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Managing Risk
Evaluating risk is something we do every day. Steve Jones talks a bit about using this to make ourselves better.
2009-04-07
95 reads
The Disappearing DBA
During a "difficult period", a developer often sinks from view. When things are going well, suddenly they are the gunslinger, the hotshot. The DBA often looks on wistfully. For him, the "fame trajectory" seems to work in reverse.
2009-04-06
1,121 reads
Manners
In dealing with other professionals, you would like to think most people have good manners. Steve Jones looks to remind us this should apply on the Internet as well.
2013-10-10 (first published: 2009-04-06)
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The T-SQL Paradigm
This Friday, Steve Jones looks for opinions on what you think of the T-SQL language. Is it well structured or does it really need help?
2013-11-01 (first published: 2009-04-03)
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Portable Data Centers
Is the next data center for your SQL Servers going to be portable? Steve Jones comments on some of the changes being put forth by Microsoft and others.
2009-04-02
92 reads
Blogs
Why Databases Still Fascinate Me
By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
Monday Monitor Tips: ServiceNow Integration
By Steve Jones
Earlier this year I visited a customer that was using the Redgate Monitor webhook...
Inspecting TSQL Abstract Syntax Trees
By Zikato
TSQL ScriptDOM is a useful library for parsing scripts into an abstract syntax tree....
Forums
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Question of the Day
The New Database CheckDB
I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
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