Data Masking for Convenience
Steve Jones talks a bit about the new data masking feature in SQL Server 2016 and how useful it can be.
2015-09-24
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Editorials
Everyone is a Target
Today Steve Jones looks at the targeted attacks by hackers against individual security professionals.
2015-09-23
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Data Sprawl
The challenges of data growth and sprawl can be compounded by the variety of tools and platforms available. Steve Jones notes that you might need to learn a bit about different technologies.
2015-09-22
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Data Liability
The issue of who owns data, and who is responsible is one that our world hasn't defined well. Steve Jones has a few thoughts on potential issues for data professionals.
2015-09-21
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Whatever happened to Database Table Refactoring?
Phil Factor ponders why most people lost their initial enthusiasm for refactoring databases iteratively, in parallel with the evolutionary design of the rest of the system.
2015-09-21
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2015-09-16
318 reads
Who's a Good Developer?
Is there a way to tell who the good developers are? Steve Jones has a few thoughts on why this is an issue.
2015-09-15
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2015-09-14
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2015-09-11
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2015-09-10
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Blogs
Distance Metrics for Semantic Similarity Searches in SQL Server 2025
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Forums
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ephemeral Model: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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QUOTENAME Behavior
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Good Morning. I have a T-SQL Script which has been developed to execute a...
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QUOTENAME Behavior
I use QUOTENAME() like this in code?
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(20) = 'Steve Jones' SELECT QUOTENAME(@s, '>')What is returned? See possible answers