Making Databases Personal
If you can use a database to create automation routines to help sustain your work life, you can certainly do the same to sustain your personal life. Databases are...
The...
2019-04-09
The Lighter Side
SpaceX likely to win NASA’s crew competition by months, for billions less
What lessons can the space agency learn as it considers a lunar return?
2019-04-08
2006-12-25
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2006-09-04
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Who Has The Monitor?
A Friday distraction from work when you have time. Can you figure out who has the dual 19" LCD monitors?
2006-04-28
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Automatic Excuses for IT Pros
Now that the novelty of the Xbox 360, the Razr cell phone, and King Kong have likely run their course, Red Gate Software presents a truly functional gift for the harried IT professional: A handy excuse generator for those projects that just don't work out as planned.
2006-01-27
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2005-12-23
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The DBA Game
Are you up for a quick game of who's the best DBA? A little humerous diversion on one of the big holidays in the US.
2005-11-24
9,890 reads
SQL Server on Linux
A secret project is underway up in Redmond, according to sources not so high up in the development team. A port is partially working for various reasons. Read this exclusive scoop!
2015-12-25 (first published: 2005-04-01)
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HIGHER SOURCE RAISES STAKES IN INTERNET INDUSTRY
Microsoft Corporation has announced plans to acquire the
Website and Internet development corporation Higher Source for an
undisclosed fee.
2005-04-01
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Huge frustration - Database watcher with two elastic pools
Think there's a reason why this is still in preview, but have someone manage...
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
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Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers