Data Liability
The issue of who owns data, and who is responsible is one that our world hasn't defined well. Steve Jones has a few thoughts on potential issues for data professionals.
2015-09-21
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Editorial
Whatever happened to Database Table Refactoring?
Phil Factor ponders why most people lost their initial enthusiasm for refactoring databases iteratively, in parallel with the evolutionary design of the rest of the system.
2015-09-21
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The Counter Offer - Part 2
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that takes another view of the counter offer from your employer.
2019-04-03 (first published: 2015-09-18)
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The Counter Offer - Part 1
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at the challenge of getting a counter offer from your employer.
2019-04-02 (first published: 2015-09-17)
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2015-09-16
306 reads
Who's a Good Developer?
Is there a way to tell who the good developers are? Steve Jones has a few thoughts on why this is an issue.
2015-09-15
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2015-09-14
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2019-04-29 (first published: 2015-09-14)
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2015-09-11
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2015-09-10
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Blogs
Reverse Engineering a Physical Model Diagram
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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