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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Editorials
2017-12-11
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2017-12-11
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The Relational Database is the Default
If you don't have a good reason not to, use a relational database. Always.
2017-12-07
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2017-12-06
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A Christmas Bug
A bug in American Airlines scheduling could impact travelers, but certainly will impact their bottom line.
2017-12-04
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The Appearance of the Flat File Wizard.
After many barren years, Phil Factor is pleased to see the first signs of Spring in SSMS.
2017-12-04
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Certifying Schools
Schools don't necessarily teach people how to code, but they could do a better job.
2017-11-30
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2017-11-29
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We Need DevOps for Performance
CosmosDB has ways to tune performance based on throttle metrics. We probably need some DevOps style feedback and adjustment for relational systems.
2017-11-28
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
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I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
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Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
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Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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