2015-12-01
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Editorials
Giving Thanks
Phil Factor is gratified to see just how much many developers and DBAs give back to their technical communities as well as society in general.
2015-11-30
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NoSQL Complaints
One NoSQL database is not necessarily like another. Steve Jones notes that some of the complaints out there will likely be easily overcome.
2015-11-30
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2015-11-27
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Just Say No
Steve Jones reminds us that we must manage our time, and learn to do so despite the demands placed on us.
2015-11-25
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The Biggest Data Breach (For Now)
JP Morgan suffers the largest data breach for a financial institution, but Steve Jones doesn't think this record will stand for long.
2015-11-24
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2015-11-23
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Early Adopters
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at those that run software early in its lifecycle.
2015-11-20
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Shrinking the Budget
Most DBAs don't get involved with budgets at work, but we are affected by them. Steve notes you might want to understand how budgets work.
2015-11-19
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Relational By Default
Should we consider the relational model the default and only after having a good reason look at a NoSQL platform? Steve Jones has a few comments.
2015-11-18
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Blogs
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...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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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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