SQL Server Should Work for Us
SQL Server is a great platform, but there are problems in places. Steve Jones thinks that fixing some issues might be a good investment for Microsoft.
2013-06-19
194 reads
Editorials
The Best Programmers
How do keep the best programmers? Steve Jones has a few thoughts that might cause you to rethink how you manage your programming stars.
2013-06-18
374 reads
Losing Data
As data professionals, we want to avoid losing data. We won't always be successful, but we can avoid making the easy mistakes.
2013-06-17
107 reads
Trust
Why does the IT industry seem to act and run so differently than many other industries? Steve Jones takes a stab at explaining this.
2013-06-17
133 reads
Do You Want a Meritocracy at Work?
The best at their crafts are usually the most rewarded in sports, but not necessarily in other fields. This week Steve Jones asks if you would like it to be different?
2013-06-14
187 reads
Data Vision
Computer vision has been something that researchers have worked on for years. We have no shortage of cameras, and we are starting to see the computing systems behind these devices starting to actually understand what is being seen. That understanding is very valuable. Will we see something similar happening in our SQL Server technologies?
2013-06-12
100 reads
The Watson Service
IBM's Watson project continues to grow and the latest implementation might be one that affects many of us in our daily lives.
2013-06-11
115 reads
No R2
The next version of SQL Server was announced last week and Steve Jones is pleased with the name.
2013-06-10
307 reads
When Windows don’t provide illumination
Microsoft through its various GUIs tries hard to "protect" users from SQL, but Phil Factor argues that we don't need protection from code. We just need a better way to "document" the syntax.
2013-06-10
149 reads
The Decision to Fail
When a disaster occurs, the response from your organization isn't always pre-determined. There are times when you might not want to failover to secondary systems, especially if you don't expect the disaster to last long. How do you decide when to fail over?
2013-06-07
121 reads
Blogs
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
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I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
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Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers