With the current economic downturn, many of us are wondering if we will still have a job by the end of this new year. Although DBAs are still in demand, no DBA job is 100% immune from layoffs. Brad suggests that now is the perfect time to invest in yourself.
2009-01-08
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Do you work in a great IT shop? Steve Jones talks about some of the things that make one and wonders if you feel you work at a great company.
2013-08-30 (first published: 2009-01-07)
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Fog Creek Software has a new headquarters and the offices look amazing. Steve Jones talks about the value of a beautiful space.
2009-01-06
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In which Phil hears about an extra 'leap' second added over the new year, and broods on the missing INTERVAL datatype in SQL Server
2009-01-05
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Steve Jones talks about one of the least favorite things for IT people: documentation. How much do you really need to do?
2014-09-17 (first published: 2009-01-05)
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This Friday, a guest poll and editorial from Adrian Nichols wondering about the value of experience in a particular area.
2009-01-02
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It's the first day of 2009 and Steve Jones gives a few predictions for the new year in this editorial.
2009-01-01
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Steve Jones looks back at the past year and database news that has occurred.
2008-12-31
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Steve Jones gives one last update on energy issues in the US in 2008 with a look at the construction and building industries.
2008-12-30
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Steve Jones is considering changes to SQLServerCentral and presents a few ideas today.
2008-12-29
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I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
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Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
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We want to enable ADR on our SQL Server 2019 instances. I’ve heard that...
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I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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