Large Chunks of Data
This Friday Steve Jones talks reporting. Specifically he wonders how long can a report be before it's just wasting space.
2015-04-03 (first published: 2010-09-17)
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Editorials
2015-04-01
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Source Code Security
The code you use may contain security information. Be extra careful in this case, especially when you use encryption.
2015-03-31
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One Rule, Umpteen Constraints
Despite being deprecated for many years, Phil Factor explains why RULEs are still hanging on in there in SQL Server 2014.
2015-03-30
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Efficiency
This Friday Steve Jones asks about how you are tackling your career growth as you get older. Are you getting more efficient?
2015-03-26 (first published: 2010-10-22)
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Are There That Many GUIDs?
Steve Jones talks about a recent survey that showed more people use GUIDs as primary keys than identity values.
2015-03-24 (first published: 2010-10-12)
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First Episodes
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren where he looks back at how things have changed.
2015-03-23
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Microservices, SOA and Service Broker
If you want to implement a service-oriented architecture on Windows, Service Broker is still your best choice, argues Phil Factor.
2015-03-23
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Microsoft and R
R is an interesting language and one that might become more important to data professionals in the future. Microsoft is also making an investment here.
2015-03-19
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2015-03-18
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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