2017-01-03
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Editorials
Technology Guilt
Technology has made many advances in the world, but it has also eliminated many jobs. This Friday's poll asks how you feel about that as a technology worker.
2017-01-02 (first published: 2012-06-15)
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2016-12-30
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2016-12-29
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Syntactic Sugar
Syntactic sugar doesn't necessarily help a platform, but makes it easier or more fun to work on.
2016-12-27
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Data Preservation
Today Steve Jones talks about the challenges of preserving data across long periods of time, decades perhaps.
2016-12-26 (first published: 2013-12-03)
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Provisioning
This week Steve Jones is asking about the timeframe for you to get a new SQL Server instance? Is it substantial? Do you really know? Answer this week.
2016-12-23 (first published: 2013-05-24)
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The Future of Auditing
Auditing is a weak point in SQL Server according to Steve Jones. He looks at a few of its flaws.
2016-12-22 (first published: 2013-12-05)
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Test Coverage
We don't test software well enough. Obviously we don't write high enough quality software, but testing should catch more issues. Steve Jones talks about how you can perform better T-SQL testing.
2016-12-20 (first published: 2013-11-12)
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Better Coding, More Savings
The way we write code impacts our users, but it can also impact our wallet, especially in cloud computing. Steve Jones wonders how many people bother to profile and test their code.
2016-12-19 (first published: 2013-05-13)
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Blogs
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...
The PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Recap
By Steve Jones
It’s Monday. I’ve been home since Fri night, but with a busy weekend, I’m...
Microsoft Post-Quantum Crypto APIs Are Now Generally Available
By Brian Kelley
I mentioned this in my talk on Quantum Computing at the PASS Data Community...
Forums
Find all the tables in a database containing particular column value
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The Ending Substring
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Done is Better than Good
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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