I've always been fascinated by history. For a long time growing up, my plan was to become a history teacher. While that didn't work out, I've continued to read quite a lot of history, both popular and scholarly works. One of the things about it that I find most fascinating are the stories. History is […]
2021-03-06
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When working on a new database, Steve Jones hesitates to make too many guesses, or at least, too many exact guesses.
2021-03-05 (first published: 2015-08-11)
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There are many amazing candidates in IT, but how many can give an amazing interview. I feel I can't, can you?
2021-03-04
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Today we have a guest editorial as Steve is traveling. Ben Kubicek notes that sometimes it is hard for technical people to communicate well.
2021-03-03 (first published: 2016-09-08)
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Today Steve notes that Dynamic SQL can be helpful, but it's a technique you should understand well before you start using it.
2021-03-02
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Microsoft is working on the future of work, and adapting to remote work. Steve isn't sure this will work, but they have at least one interesting technology idea he likes.
2021-03-01
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I frequently use Common Table Expressions (CTEs) when I demo windowing functions and get questions about them. Windowing functions are limited to the SELECT and ORDER BY clause which means that you can’t filter or group on them directly. Using a CTE is one way to separate the logic of the query into multiple steps […]
2021-02-27
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Handling a budget can be an interesting experience for many technical professionals. Today Steve wonders if you treat this differently than your budget at home.
2021-02-26
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User interface is a part of software development that many technical people pay little attention to during the process of building something. However, it can be a problem for your customers.
2021-02-25
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Many organizations will change their teams around over time, but not all do this regularly. Steve talks about how Redgate does this every year.
2021-02-24
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