Liable for Data Loss
Today Steve Jones looks at some data loss lawsuits against Microsoft, but asks the general question of whether software vendors need to be more liable (and careful).
2017-04-17
74 reads
Editorials
More Power in Your BI
This week Steve looks at all the information and learning available for Power BI.
2017-04-17
125 reads
The Cost of Database Downtime
Do you know what the cost is for your database going down? Maybe more interesting, is do you want to know?
2017-04-14
148 reads
AI Helpers or Replacements
The future will see more of our data used in machine learning and other AI-like systems. Is that something we want?
2017-04-13
60 reads
The Value of Your Personal Data
Today Steve Jones discusses the idea of data value, and what it might mean to you, personally.
2017-04-12
55 reads
By Design
Just because something works, is it prudent to implement a solution knowing there is a chance this design flaw will be stricken from future revs of SQL Server? It depends.
2017-04-10
77 reads
How do you define employee satisfaction?
This article explores aspects of a job that help one feel satisfied at work.
2017-04-10
99 reads
Staging Deployments
This week Steve Jones is asking if you stage your database changes ahead of application changes.
2017-04-07 (first published: 2012-11-30)
226 reads
Dealing with Supervision
Working with someone that micro-managers you or watches your every action can be hard. Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2017-04-06 (first published: 2013-02-04)
265 reads
How do you go about making a big decision?
This article explores the author's way of making big decisions.
2017-04-04
72 reads
Blogs
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
By SQLPals
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose...
5 SQL Tricks Worth Remembering Before You Close the Laptop
Disclosure: this post may contain links to books as an affiliate link. If you...
Claude Context Window
By Arun Sirpal
Every Claude conversation has a context window. It is the total amount of text...
Forums
Fuzzy String Matching in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Fuzzy String Matching in SQL...
Representing Money
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Representing Money
Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL,...
Question of the Day
Representing Money
Which types of currency does the money data type represent?
See possible answers