The Third Evolution
Steve Ballmer is retiring in the next year and Microsoft needs to find a new CEO. Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2013-08-26
109 reads
Editorials
The Costs of Data
Information is free, but data certainly has a cost. Especially as there are real costs to storing and managing large volumes of bits and bytes.
2013-08-22
122 reads
Always Abstract
When developing your code, should you use views? There are reasons why you might choose to do so, or not do so, however Steve Jones thinks you should consider abstracting your systems.
2013-08-21
160 reads
Guidance
When you are looking to help someone improve performance on a system, there isn't a single set of steps you provide. The advice and guidance you provide will vary, depending on the situation.
2013-08-20
111 reads
Should He Stay or Should He Go?
Read the first page of the linked article and then cast your vote in this Friday's poll.
2013-08-16 (first published: 2008-09-26)
548 reads
Who Wants to Be Rich?
With all the concern over the economy lately, Steve Jones talks about about finances and tries to bring perspective to those of us in the real world.
2013-08-15 (first published: 2008-10-20)
393 reads
Lossy data and incorrect data
Your copier could change data when creating an image. Phil Factor has some words of caution.
2013-08-14
194 reads
Patch Problems
A few recent Patch problems have Steve Jones concerned about the directions we are going with software.
2013-08-13
154 reads
2013-08-12
114 reads
Review Your Code
Steve Jones notes that SQL Injection is still a problem, and while it might be for some time to come, we should not be adding to the issues. Learn how to write secure code.
2013-08-12
534 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers