The Green Stuff
Money. It's part of the reason why we all work, though hopefully not all of it. Steve Jones comments a bit on financial matters.
2008-06-17
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Editorial
The Database Weekly Update for June 16, 2008
Steve Jones looks back at the news of the past, including a look at RC0, the latest release of SQL Server 2008.
2008-06-16
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Do You Want to Be Right?
Steve Jones talks about being right versus being effective in your IT work.
2008-06-16
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The Vacation Dilemma
Does vacation cause extra stress at your job before or after you leave? Steve Jones asks a poll question this Friday to see how you feel. This editorial was originally published on June 12, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is traveling.
2013-04-26 (first published: 2008-06-13)
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2008-06-12
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2008-06-11
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The Bulldogs
Steve Jones talks about IT Project Failure and how you should re-evaluate things are you move forward.
2008-06-10
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The Bulldogs
Steve Jones talks about IT Project Failure and how you should re-evaluate things are you move forward.
2008-06-09
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Open Source and SQL Server communities
The other day, I was chatting to a keen PostgreSQL user. We're used to having free databases, such as IBM DB2 Express-C, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, SQLite and Oracle XE, but PostgreSQL is different in that it is open source. It is a proper, dedicated community too, I was told...
2008-06-09
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A Private Database
Having separate databases for each client? It's a common problem and Steve Jones wonders if this might be a feature coming in SQL Server at some point.
2008-06-09
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: What Our Customers Say
By Steve Jones
This is from 2010, but I loved that people felt this way about Redgate...
Export a Power BI Report that cannot be Downloaded
Yes, you’re reading that right, we’re going to download a report that cannot be...
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
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Getting the Indexed Columns
I run this code on SQL Server 2022 to get a list of all the indexes and their key columns. What is returned?
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