If You Had To Pick a Super Hero...
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at a lighter topic that's fun for most geeks: super heroes.
2010-08-27
149 reads
Editorials
Individual Contributions
Each person on a team, or even in a company, can contribute something. Steve Jones reminds us not to assume we are better than others because of our job.
2010-08-26
170 reads
The DBA Financial Analyst
Will DBAs need to perform more complex financial analysis of the options they consider when building and tuning software systems? Steve Jones thinks it might be a skill needed in cloud computing.
2010-08-25
227 reads
When To Touch
When can you modify a database that supports some third party product? Steve Jones has a few thoughts and warns you to be careful.
2010-08-24
138 reads
DMVs: are they worth the effort?
Many of the SQL Server DMVs still have a wild, unfinished feel but they are an incredibly useful tool for DBA, well-worth the sweat and toil required to learn and query them effectively.
2010-08-23
452 reads
Rating Bugs
How do you triage and rate the bugs that come in for software? How should Microsoft do this for SQL Server. Steve Jones has a few comments.
2010-08-23
106 reads
Personal Investments
This Friday Steve Jones talks about your career, and training, and what you are doing about it.
2010-08-20
300 reads
Beyond Automation
Are there some things that are beyond automation in your company? Steve Jones comments on the difficulty of changing things with automation in some cases.
2010-08-19
281 reads
Penalties
Terry Childs gets sentenced for refusing to turn over passwords to his boss. Steve Jones reminds us that we work for someone and that we have to remember that when taking a stand.
2010-08-18
296 reads
Keeping Engaged
How can you better keep employees engaged in your company? Keep them happy and hopefully retain them for a long time? Steve Jones has some comments today.
2010-08-17
163 reads
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
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
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