Software Maturity with Release Management
Adding a release management tool to your software development is a sign of maturity.
2016-05-16
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Editorials
SQL Server RTM - June 1
The next version of SQL Server 2016 will be released on June 1, 2016, which means you can start planning those upgrades.
2016-05-16
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2016-05-13
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Solving Tempdb Issues
A simple change might solve some of those tempdb issues various customers experience.
2016-05-12
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Use Tools
One of the great things about IT is that we have so many tools to help us do our jobs. We can even build tools as needed. So why don't more IT people take advantage of this?
2016-05-11 (first published: 2012-05-23)
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A Lifetime of Software
Today Steve Jones wants you to look forward in your career. Do you enjoy working with software and technology? Do you plan on doing this for the rest of your career?
2016-05-10 (first published: 2012-04-27)
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Don’t Miss Out on an Opportunity to Connect
There are people in our lives that we want to connect with, so why don't we?
2016-05-09
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The Information Schema and Cross-RDBMS Working
A look at the ODBC standard and how valuable it has been, unlike the Information Schema implementations.
2016-05-09
61 reads
Work to Live
It's important that you remember to live and enjoy your life as it passes by. Today Steve Jones reminds us that we want to work to live, but also plan to live and plan for the future.
2016-05-06 (first published: 2012-05-02)
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Promoting Engineers
It seems that often we promote the best technical people into managerial positions, but is that a good idea? Steve Jones notes that a few people think this is a bad idea and there ought to be a technical career path for IT workers.
2016-05-05 (first published: 2012-05-01)
281 reads
Blogs
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
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In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Free Online Sessions – Building the €100 DWH and Indexing for Dummies
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Question of the Day
Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
True or False: Tables with a SPARSE column consume more space than regular columns if most values are NOT NULL.
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