Why Be an MCP?
With Steve Jones on vacation, we reprint on of his more popular editorials from the past. This was originally published on Feb 14, 2005.
2010-03-30
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Editorials
Space in the Clouds
Spatial support is coming to SQL Azure soon, and Steve Jones thinks about how the service could improve this support.
2010-03-29
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Hunting and Gathering
A guest editorial from Rodney Landrum looks at how we get advice from others in the wild, wild world of the Internet.
2010-03-26
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Burnout
What happens when you burnout? Would you recognize when it happens? A guest editorial from Andy Warren talks about some of the signs and what you can do.
2010-03-25
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Injecting Your Own Bias
Steve Jones talks about the controversy surrounding the PASS Survey and future Summit announcements. And about how we, as data professionals, might subtly bias clients.
2010-03-24
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The Missing Certification
You can earn an MCITPro or an MCM in your DBA career, but there's a world of difference between those two. Steve Jones agrees with Simon Sabin that we need something in between.
2010-03-23
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Double-Entry Bookkeeping for SQL Programmers
All defensive programmers should, in general, avoid unsupported techniques. However, there is a balance to be struck between adherence to 'best practice' approaches to SQL programming, and the need to get the job done. Perhaps certain critical code would benefit from use of the age-old practice of double entry bookkeeping?
2010-03-22
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Rolling Back a Restore
Should rolling back a restore be an option for SQL Server? Steve Jones talks about the possibilities in today's editorial and where it might come in handy.
2010-03-22
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Finding Training
This Friday's poll looks at training where Steve Jones asks how you might convince your boss to pay for training, or what advice you'd give to others.
2010-03-19
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Should We Lead or Follow?
Microsoft used to lead the way and teach us about their products. But it seems that perhaps the tide is turning and they are looking for us to lead them. Steve Jones has a few thoughts on the topic.
2010-03-18
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Forums
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Can You Let Go of Determinism
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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