Using Better Tools
Some companies don't want to use tools, but that doesn't make sense to Steve Jones.
2018-01-04
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Editorials
2018-01-03
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Understanding Your Value
Data can help you understand the value you bring to a company as a data professional.
2018-01-02
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2018-01-01
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2018-01-01
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2017-12-29
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2017-12-28
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The Slow Week
This is usually a slow time for many companies between two holidays, but it doesn't need to be unproductive.
2017-12-27
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Is the old stuff worth learning?
Often we are encouraged to learn the latest things, but sometimes the old stuff is worth knowing too.
2017-12-26
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2017-12-25
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Blogs
Dry-run xp_delete_file Before Actually Deleting Files?
By SQLPals
Dry-run xp_delete_file Before Actually Deleting Files? xp_delete_file doesn’t really have a...
Happy Thanksgiving! (USA Holiday)
By Brian Kelley
In the United States, today is Thanksgiving. The intent behind the holiday is to...
Getting SQL Server 2025 RTM Running in Containers on macOS
SQL Server 2025 RTM is here, and if you’re running Docker on macOS, you...
Forums
Cannot execute SQL cursor in Azure Query Editor (Preview)
Apologies if this is posted in the wrong forum, but I am trying to...
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Hello all, I have a linked server created on an instance which only has...
Find all the tables in a database containing particular column value
Hi, I want to find all the tables name under a database where tables...
Question of the Day
The Ending Substring
In Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2025, if I run this, what is returned?
SELECT '[' + SUBSTRING('Steve Jones', 7) + ']' See possible answers