VMs for Development
Many technical people use Virtual Machines to build their own lab or test environment. Today Steve Jones asks how you've built your setup.
2017-12-22 (first published: 2014-02-14)
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Editorials
Data Security Policies
Does your organization have policies around data security? Perhaps they should, or perhaps you should ask for some to be created and education available for users.
2017-12-21 (first published: 2014-04-07)
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2017-12-19 (first published: 2014-03-18)
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2017-12-18
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Understanding Your Value
Fill out the 2017 salary survey to help us all understand where our compensation might lie relative to others.
2017-12-18
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2017-12-15
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2017-12-13
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Advice for Newcomers
If you could look back on your career, is there some advice you wish you had? Is there something you'd tell people considering your job as a career? Let us know this Friday.
2017-12-12 (first published: 2014-04-18)
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2017-12-11
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2017-12-11
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Blogs
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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