Be Responsible
When getting help online, you need to be professional and a part of that is being responsible. Steve Jones reminds us today that we have to be careful about what we post.
2010-03-02
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Editorials
Overusing Identities
Do you put an identity column on every table? That might be a bad habit you want to kick, but not all at once. Steve Jones comments on this common data modeling practice.
2010-03-01
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Reaching for the Clouds
This past week's news had a lot of news about cloud computing and Steve Jones comments on a few database related items.
2010-03-01
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Timing is Everything
For this Friday poll, Steve Jones asks about storing time values. Should they always be in UTC? Does that solve more problems than it creates?
2010-02-26
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Dude, Your Fly is Open
A guest editorial from Tim Mitchell today talks about the way you handle problems. Other people's problems. A professional way of pointing out mistakes is the best policy.
2010-02-25
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Data Dashboards
Google recently unveiled a dashboard to allow users to manage the data that Google stores about them. Including removing search data! Steve Jones comments on the possibility of implementing this for other companies.
2010-02-24
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Multiple Mirrors
Should we evolve the database mirroring technology to work with multiple mirrors? Steve Jones says this might be an interesting idea.
2010-02-23
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FizzBuzz
Can most programmers not program? A new test, the FizzBuzz test, is being used to weed out candidates. Steve Jones comments on the types of FizzBuzz questions he's used in T-SQL.
2010-02-22
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Oracle: Overhaul or Overkill?
Vendor-specific hardware might make Oracle less painful to use in the future, so Chris Massey considers whether Microsoft should consider providing a more tailored and complete product with SQL Server. The verdict? "Not necessary".
2010-02-22
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When Do You Deploy?
Finding downtime can be hard at times, but Steve Jones recently found a company that took it during the week. This Friday's poll asks when you can have downtime.
2010-02-19
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Blogs
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...
PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Slides and Code
By alevyinroc
Thank you for attending my PASS Summit 2025 session Answering the Auditor’s Call with...
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Getting the Schema for Tables
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Question of the Day
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