Data Vices
Steve Jones asks about what you might change about yourself at work for this Friday's poll.
2014-09-12 (first published: 2008-12-05)
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Editorials
The DBA Team Wants You!
There's a new contest going on, giving you the chance to win some software, SQL training, and a vacation, all at once.
2014-09-11
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Prepping for 2015
Steve Jones looks ahead at the new year and how you might want to begin shaping your career.
2014-09-10
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Estimates
Software estimates are often wildly off from the actual amount of time and resources that are required. Today Steve Jones looks at a few reasons why.
2014-09-09
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Misconfiguration is a Problem
The configuration of server systems matters. Not just to ensure software runs smoothly, but also for security.
2014-09-08
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2014-09-08
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Titles Matter – Part 2
In a followup to his previous piece, Andy Warren looks at job titles again and they can affect the people he works with.
2014-09-05
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Why Can't We Go Backwards?
How many times have you wanted to restore a database to an earlier version? Today Steve Jones asks why can't we do this and includes a way for you to vote on this.
2014-09-04 (first published: 2010-01-13)
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2014-09-02
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2014-09-01
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Blogs
SQL Server 2025 Generally Available
By Brian Kelley
This was announced last week at Microsoft Ignite and it's been covered by others...
Chatting with Power BI: Who Benefits from This Conversation?
By Rayis Imayev
"Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t...
A Quick Look at Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate acquired a data modeling tool from Vertabelo recently and I wanted to explore...
Forums
SQL Server 2022 order by bug?
Hi, I was using order by on a column with characters and saw something...
SQL Server 2025 Build List
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Filtered Indexes: The Developer’s Secret Weapon in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Getting The Database Name
I run this code to connect to SQL Server 2022 from the command line.
sqlcmd -S localhost -EAt the command line, I run these two commands:
SELECT ORIGINAL_DB_NAME() GOWhat is returned? See possible answers