Salaries and Experience
Experience matters in setting your salary, but Steve Jones reminds us there are different types of experience, and there's more to life than money.
2015-02-16 (first published: 2010-08-31)
1,094 reads
Editorials
Starting a New Job
Steve Jones talks about starting a new job and the need to get up to speed quickly, perhaps by being prepared on day 1.
2015-02-12
225 reads
Ship Safe...Ship Often
How can we ship safe, and ship often? Steve Jones has a few comments on the need for better engineering.
2015-02-11
88 reads
SQL Bits and Community Superheroes
Chris Testa-O'Neil on the origins of SQL Bits and the joys of community events.
2015-02-10
152 reads
Programming Rules and 'Best Practices' Can't Replace Professional Judgement
In which Phil Factor casts doubts on 'programming policies'. For certain, any IT team development requires plenty of methods of working that maximise productivity, but coding standards and ‘best practices’ have to be treated with caution. Programming rules can’t replace professional judgement
2015-02-09
209 reads
Inception
Inspired by the movie with the same name, Steve Jones has a Friday poll about inspiration and ideas.
2015-02-06 (first published: 2010-08-06)
205 reads
Interrupt Me, I'm Stagnating
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren with a few hints on how you can continue to be proactive as a DBA.
2015-02-05
198 reads
You Better Learn to Work at Scale
We are managing more and more systems and databases all the time. To Steve Jones, that means we must be able to work at scale.
2015-01-29
151 reads
Time for Learning
How do you find time for learning? More importantly, Steve Jones asks if you find time for actual use of your knowledge.
2015-01-27
266 reads
Which Problem Are You Solving?
This week Steve Jones talks a bit about problem solving and how you should approach the issue.
2015-01-26
107 reads
Blogs
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
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...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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