Democratic Data Science
Data science is hot now, but work is being done to use the power of software to handle some of the grunt work with data analysis problems.
2016-06-28
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Editorials
DevOps and Security
Are DevOps and security diametrically opposed? An interesting pieces says no, and Steve Jones comments.
2016-06-27
76 reads
SQL Server 2016 is Out and It's Fabulous!
On the First of June, SQL Server 2016 was officially released. While it is still early days to measure the full impact of the release, the one thing that is exceedingly clear is that this is a very successful software release. There have been very few complaints online beyond the standard heard during any upgrade: […]
2016-06-27
159 reads
Have You Designed a Database from Scratch?
An interesting question from Steve Jones today, asking what is your experience with designing databases.
2016-06-24
181 reads
Why Use R Services?
R Services were added to SQL Server 2016, and there are customers using this feature to improve their business processes.
2016-06-23
185 reads
2016-06-22
210 reads
A Beautiful Google Mind
Larry Page is a very interesting person, one that is looking to change the world.
2016-06-21
126 reads
Triple Check Your Restores
After the crash of an US Air Force database was reported, Steve Jones has some advice.
2016-06-20
119 reads
2016-06-20
80 reads
SQL Server 2016 is Just Faster
SQL Server 2016 runs faster, sometimes without you changing anything.
2016-06-17
268 reads
Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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