2016-03-14
99 reads
Editorial
2016-03-11
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Building Better Software
Steve Jones discusses the idea of building software better, and why that's a challenge for many of us.
2016-03-10
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The Slack Integration
Slack has become a popular phenomenon in the technical world, especially for software developers. Should we join in?
2016-03-09
218 reads
The Data Driven Event
In a couple of days, Microsoft is holding Data Driven, an event that will highlight SQL Server 2016.
2016-03-08
99 reads
2016-03-07
267 reads
Testing times with SMO
SMO gives every appearance of being a great example of over-reliance on automated testing at the expense of manual exploratory testing.
2016-03-07
57 reads
Spousal Surcharges
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that examines the costs of family at work.
2016-03-04
165 reads
Open is Not Necessarily More Secure
Just because we can view the source code for software doesn't mean it is more secure.
2016-03-03
92 reads
Learning from Microsoft
Microsoft has changed their engineering to do amazing things in the cloud, especially with SQL Server. We could all learn from this.
2016-03-01
256 reads
Blogs
Reverse Engineering a Physical Model Diagram
By Steve Jones
I recently wrote about a logical diagram with Redgate Data Modeler. That was interesting,...
Prepping for Certification, Part 3 of ?
By Brian Kelley
After I have understood the details for a certification test (part 1), including format...
SQL Training Black Friday Deals
By Brian Kelley
If you're looking for particular "Black Friday" deals, here is what I've seen advertised...
Forums
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Question of the Day
A New Operator
In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?
SELECT '1' || '0'See possible answers