2012-12-25
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Editorials
DBAs Take Sixth Place
The hot jobs for 2013 are compiles and a number of tech jobs make the top 100. DBAs come in 6th and Steve Jones thinks that's good news for data professionals.
2012-12-24
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It's the Bits
A woman sues Best Buy for $54million. That's absurd, but her laptop is worth more than the hardware. This editorial was originally published on Mar 3, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is traveling.
2012-12-24 (first published: 2008-03-03)
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The Load Poll
This Friday Steve Jones asks what the load on your systems are. Do you know what it is and how it compares to other systems?
2012-12-21
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The Auto OS
Automobiles are becoming more complex, with more computerized systems every year. Steve Jones talks about some advances and how we must be sure that security is a part of future design considerations.
2012-12-20
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Those Who Can, Do
Does certification help your career? Is it the choice for those that can't actually accomplish something in the real world? Steve Jones says that it can go either way, but it's up to the individual.
2012-12-19
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Holidays and other Social Technologies
A look at what passes for technology from Bill Nicolich in our guest editorial.
2012-12-18
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Better Licensing for SQL Server
Why is SQL Server licensing so complex? Today Steve Jones asks the question and wonders if Microsoft would make some changes to make it easier to understand.
2012-12-17
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2012-12-17
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Deployment Failures
Today Steve Jones talks about deployment and how well it can work. He also asks about the problems from you and how easily it can fail.
2012-12-14
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Blogs
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
Forums
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Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 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