2014-11-07
82 reads
Editorials
2014-11-06
117 reads
2014-11-04
99 reads
A Fundamental Security Mistake
Steve Jones thinks Microsoft is making a fundamental security mistake in the way they build features for the various editions of SQL Server. Read today's editorial and see if you agree.
2014-11-03 (first published: 2009-12-21)
437 reads
Normalizing Performance
Determining the best performance value you can get for your effort is not as straightforward as you might think.
2014-11-03
212 reads
The Geek Costume
This Friday Steve Jones has another fun poll. A question on the geek costume that might excite you the most.
2014-10-31
182 reads
Stuck in a Rut
What do people do when their job doesn't require a lot of technical skills? Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2014-10-29
168 reads
Triple Digits
Salaries for data professionals have risen quite a bit, according to the latest salary survey. That's good for those of us working with SQL Server.
2014-10-28
235 reads
Managers: who needs them?
Managers, look away now. Patrick Index wants to get something off his chest...
2014-10-27
327 reads
When is 8000 too small?
Over the years the page size in SQL Server has changed, growing larger to fit larger data sets. However not all functions have been modified to work with larger page sizes. Or even exceed them. Steve Jones wonders if it's time to increase the page size.
2014-10-23 (first published: 2010-02-11)
396 reads
Blogs
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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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QUOTENAME Behavior
I use QUOTENAME() like this in code?
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(20) = 'Steve Jones' SELECT QUOTENAME(@s, '>')What is returned? See possible answers