2021-02-11
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Editorials
Anyone Can Click Through Once
Using some sort of scripting or automation is important for your career.
2021-02-10
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2021-02-09
135 reads
AI Can Improve Healthcare
One area where AI has found some traction is in the healthcare industry, where is seems to be helping improve care.
2021-02-08
87 reads
Let it go
I’ve been digging through the 18 years’ worth of articles, editorials, blogs, contests, interviews, promotions, and announcements over at Simple Talk. There are over 5000 posts, and many are quite outdated, especially those announcing beta versions of software or other time-sensitive content. Some articles haven’t seen the light of day for 10 years, yet some […]
2021-02-06
98 reads
Tough Interview Questions
Steve ran across a list of interview questions and wonders if it's a good test for an experienced database developer.
2021-02-05
272 reads
Do it. Try it. Fix it.
Building better software requires some experimentation, but also some learning. Building better software as an organization requires even more.
2021-02-04
120 reads
Artist or Scientist?
In your work, are you an artist or a scientist? Steve Jones knows we need to be both, but when is each appropriate?
2021-02-03 (first published: 2014-08-19)
316 reads
Bronze Age Development
The slow pace of Visual Studio development had a number of problems over the years, but Microsoft has dramatically changed the way they build their software for the better.
2021-02-02 (first published: 2014-08-21)
277 reads
The Database Server Upgrade for Let's Encrypt
Let's Encrypt upgrades their database servers and publishes the details.
2021-02-01
77 reads
Blogs
Logging Messages with Raiserror – #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for...
Daily Coping 8 Mar 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Webinar – Building a Proper SQL Server Database Security Model
By Brian Kelley
Tomorrow, March 9, 2020, at 3 PM EST, I will be giving a presentation...
Forums
SSRS report download fails
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