2007-11-22
45 reads
Editorial
Contract or Perm
If you are accepting a DBA position, does it make sense to work as a contractor or permanent employee?
2007-11-21
239 reads
2012-10-29 (first published: 2007-11-20)
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The Weekly News for November 19, 2007
A few comments on the news of the past week: SQL Server 2008 CPT5, a 1.6SSD Array, Non-Compete agreements and more.
2007-11-19
23 reads
Open Enrollment
It's the time of year where employment benefits renew for many US employees. Steve Jones talks about how much your company should care about your health.
2007-11-19
69 reads
Finding a Balance
This editorial was originally published on Nov 19, 2007. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation. With the tremendous amount of digital storage that people can carry around these days, how do you balance the security risks.
2012-08-31 (first published: 2007-11-16)
158 reads
2007-11-15
105 reads
Incommunicado
Communication is important, and it's a real problem when people can't reach you. Read about an interesting phone accident the some hints for better communication.
2007-11-14
66 reads
Data Breaches
Security is hard, but are we doing a good job? Steve Jones shares a few thoughts on our security development practices
2007-11-13
53 reads
The Pace of Information
Is the rapid pace of information being fed to us a problem? Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2007-11-12
39 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
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When SQL Server Central Went Down
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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