A SQLServerCentral.com Christmas
In the spirit of celebration at the end of the year, a break from the usual routine. Happy holidays to all and hopefully no one is working this weekend.
2007-12-24 (first published: 2004-12-24)
4,403 reads
The Lighter Side
Return of the users from hell!
Another great article from David Poole looking at more user stereo types that the IT world must deal with. Read on for smile and a little fun.
2004-09-16
10,646 reads
Andy, where are you?
What happens when you have a day job, a web site, a new job at work, and a baby? Chaos! See what Andy's been up to the past few months. It's off topic from SQL of course, but it contains an interested bit or two.
2004-05-14
5,534 reads
Take a Break with Pingu
It's not SQL Server related, but take a break and see how you do. The highest I've seen so far is 1602. If you beat it send a screen shot (small, please) to sjones@sqlservercentral.com
2004-02-20
1,248 reads
Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say
Hopefully you never hear any of these from your sysadmin...
2003-12-31
8,125 reads
Office Design - This is the way to do it!
Another article by Joel Spolsky, this one discusses how and why he designed new office space for his development team. Maybe a little over the top, but we think he has the right idea.
2003-09-26
1,592 reads
2003-09-01
5,841 reads
Is Steve Jones Really Steve Jones?
Alien imposter? No, not that complicated. Andy saw an actor on TV that according to some looks JUST like our own Steve Jones. Steve is a good sport about such things and provided several photo's so you could judge for yourself. Of course, there is a little more to the story - read the article to see!
2003-05-26
3,804 reads
2002-05-15
2,962 reads
2002-05-08
3,253 reads
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
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