I Love the SQL Community
Steve Jones talks about the SQL Community and why it's so great. Hint: it's the people.
2010-08-30
178 reads
Editorials
Project Phoenix
A great new project kicked off by MVP Arnie Rowland is available to people out there struggling with their careers, but looking to continue to grow them.
2010-08-30
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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
153 reads
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
177 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
233 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
143 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
109 reads
Personal Investments
This Friday Steve Jones talks about your career, and training, and what you are doing about it.
2010-08-20
303 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
283 reads
Blogs
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
Session Materials for Techorama & DataGrillen 2026
I’ve uploaded the slides for my Techorama session Microsoft Fabric for Dummies and my...
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