2012-02-21
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Editorials
Putting JSON on an equal footing to XML
In SQL Server, we treat XML with a reverence that is disproportionate to its importance. The SQL Server team have indeed gone big on XML, as Michael Cole’s book reveals. The industry has gone big in another direction: JSON.
2012-02-20
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Programmers v Salespeople
This Friday Steve Jones asks whether you think the salespeople or the technical people are more important to the success of a company. And if they should be better compensated.
2012-02-17
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Use Your Tools
It's easy to get stuck in a rut and not learn to use the new features and capabilities of your tools are they evolve. Steve Jones reminds you it's worth a little time investment to learn about your tools.
2012-02-15
217 reads
A Valentine for the Community
This Valentine's Day Steve Jones wants to thank everyone in the community for their efforts.
2012-02-14
91 reads
Anonymous Research
Anonymizing data is hard, and Steve Jones talks about some of the problems with trying. Is this something we should be more concerned about this with our corporate data?
2012-02-13
113 reads
Upgrading Your Career
Certification is on Steve Jones' mind this week after quite a few training opportunities have popped up lately.
2012-02-13
277 reads
Encryption in Production
This Friday Steve Jones wants to know if you are using encryption in your production system and if so, how is it working? Can you handle DR situations?
2012-02-10
261 reads
API Changes
Steve Jones comments on predictions that we will see new types of APIs coming in the future, especially data APIs.
2012-02-09
131 reads
Going Solo
This editorial was originally published on Mar 20, 2007. It is being republished as Steve Jones is on vacation. Today Steve Jones talks about going into business for yourself, and reminding you it's not as simple as it might seem.
2012-02-08
147 reads
Blogs
App-Consistent MongoDB Snapshots Across Multiple Pure Storage FlashArrays
Introduction When you’re running MongoDB at scale with data distributed across multiple Pure Storage...
PASS: Quantum Computing Slides
By Brian Kelley
If you're an attendee at the PASS Data Community Summit this year, there are...
A New Word: Dead Reckoning
By Steve Jones
dead reckoning– v. intr. finding yourself bothered by somebody’s death more than you would...
Forums
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Getting the Schema for Tables
What happens when I run this on SQL Server 2022 in the AdventureWorks2022 database?
SELECT OBJECT_DEFINITION (OBJECT_ID(N'Person.Person')) AS [Object Definition]; GOSee possible answers