2015-08-20
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Editorials
Your Portfolio
Putting together a portfolio allows you the chance to showcase what you're good at doing. Steve Jones thinks this might be a good thing for technical people.
2015-08-18
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Mission Critical Deployments
Is a software deployment responsible for a plane crash? That's a scary thought.
2015-08-17
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Nope to NoOps, No way to NoDBA
Phil Factor suspect the NoOps movement is dressing up some old mistakes in fancy new clothes.
2015-08-17
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How many environments?
This Friday Steve Jones looks at the setup for your software pipeline. He's wondering how complex it is with how many separated environments.
2015-08-14
143 reads
The Tally Table
The tally table is a valuable tool for a SQL Server developer, but how many of you understand how to create and use one?
2015-08-13
670 reads
Deploy from VCS
Are you brave enough to redeploy your applications from a VCS? Have you really captured all your code?
2015-08-10
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2015-08-10
118 reads
Teambuilding
This week Steve Jones wants to know about your efforts to create bonds with co-workers and build a team. Does your company do anything to help facilitate this?
2015-08-07
109 reads
2015-08-06
249 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
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
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Forums
Work out closing balance using opening balance of prior month
Hello, I think I need a recursive cte query but unsure of the logic....
The Security of Old Tech
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Revisiting SQL Server Window Functions- A Practical Walkthrough
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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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