2016-11-21
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Editorials
Share the Interesting Work
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at how we might divvy up our workload in a company.
2016-11-18
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2016-11-17
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Held Hostage by the Database
Does your database development process prevent changes in your software? You shouldn't be held hostage by your database.
2016-11-16
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Local Database Issues
Steve Jones talks about the issues with using a local database in your application.
2016-11-14
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2016-11-11
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2016-11-10
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2016-11-08 (first published: 2013-02-14)
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I can ODBC clearly now
ODBC is the closest thing we have to a universal standard for data access across platforms, applications and data sources. So why doesn't DocumentDB support it?
2016-11-07
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What's Your Backup Speed?
This week Steve Jones has a bit of a competition. Share with him how fast you can back up a 1TB database.
2016-11-04
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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
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Done is Better than Good
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Configuring the On-Premises Data Gateway: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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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