All I Want For Christmas Is ...
What do IT workers want for Christmas? Let us know in this Friday's poll.
2007-12-07
65 reads
Editorial
A Smart Smartphone
Cell phones are great communication tools, but that's mostly what they do, even for IT folks. But Steve Jones talks about some other possibilities and potential problems.
2007-12-06
61 reads
Breaking Things Apart
Microsoft is unbundling their new hypervisor from Windows. Could this happen with SQL Server?
2007-12-05
48 reads
Unprotected Queries
There are over half a million database servers out on the Internet without protection. How can this happen?
2012-11-06 (first published: 2007-12-04)
488 reads
Working Your 40
Will the 40 hour work week change anytime soon? A survey seems to think so, and Steve Jones (somewhat) agrees.
2012-11-05 (first published: 2007-12-03)
325 reads
The Weekly Update for Dec 2, 2007
A few notes and comments on the database news from the previous week.
2007-12-03
27 reads
A Welcome Delay
An open letter to Microsoft from the CEO of Mandriva Linux might not have been the best idea.
2012-11-02 (first published: 2007-11-30)
376 reads
The 5 Stages of Volunteering
Volunteers are important to ensuring the success of so many organizations. IT-based organizations, such as user groups, are no different. Steve Jones leads you through a few of the stages of being a volunteer and hopes more of you will participate in your local area.
2007-11-29
66 reads
2007-11-28
89 reads
Savvy Managers
Data quality is everyone's business and it takes some work. Steve Jones talks about some hints for you and your manager to make things better in your data systems.
2012-11-07 (first published: 2007-11-27)
170 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #201 Invitation: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?
By ReviewMyDB
My T-SQL Tuesday #201 invitation. Do temp tables help performance or hurt it? I...
Monday Monitor Tips: The MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, and pressing on...
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
Forums
Removing production permissions when restoring database to non-prod
Hello experts, An application team has asked us to modify a SQL Agent job....
Advanced T-SQL: Replacing Slow Cursors with Window Functions
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Finding Bad Queries
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