Build a Career Radar
A technology radar can help you assess what's important and where to focus your effort. Companies use these, and Steve Jones says you should as well.
2018-02-23
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Editorial
An AI Loophole
We can't always explain how AI systems work. Steve Jones wonders if this is a loophole in the GDPR legislation.
2018-02-22
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Brush Up on Your ETL Skills
The need for data imports, exports, and transformations seems to be growing.
2018-02-21
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2018-02-20
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Building Culture
The origins of PASS have shaped its culture for years. Are you doing the same in your organization?
2018-02-19
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Template Configuration
Extended Events is a much more complex system and profiler, and the use of templates can reduce the complexity
2018-02-16
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Muddle Through
Perseverance and continued effort, even when you lack knowledge or skill is extremely valuable for a technology professional.
2018-02-15
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Valentines Day for Data Professionals
Today Steve Jones asks about how your relationship is at work.
2018-02-14
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2018-02-13
48 reads
Production Scripts
Many of us have scripts that we run in SQL Agent jobs, but Steve wonders if we really treat them like production code.
2018-02-12
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Blogs
SQL Training Black Friday Deals
By Brian Kelley
If you're looking for particular "Black Friday" deals, here is what I've seen advertised...
Dry-run xp_delete_file Before Actually Deleting Files?
By SQLPals
Dry-run xp_delete_file Before Actually Deleting Files? xp_delete_file doesn’t really have a...
Happy Thanksgiving! (USA Holiday)
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In the United States, today is Thanksgiving. The intent behind the holiday is to...
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Which Object Definitions Are Available?
For which of these object types can I get the code when I run the OBJECT_DEFINITION() function in SQL Server 2025? (choose 3)
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