The Journey to Change
Many of us have a journey, either to SQL Server, or in today's world of many databases, perhaps away from SQL Server. Steve looks at his, and another's, journies.
2024-03-29
132 reads
Editorials
The Cloud Database Cost Analysis
Managing costs in the cloud is something many companies are concerned about. Today Steve thinks that technical people will bear more responsibility for this in the future.
2024-03-27
279 reads
Another View of DevOps
Steve does a lot of work with teams trying to adopt DevOps, and today has another description of what this can mean for your team.
2024-03-25
208 reads
Auto Renew Subscriptions
Reserved resources in Azure can auto renew now, but Steve isn't sure if that makes our jobs easier.
2024-03-23
126 reads
An Experimental Mindset
Steve wonders how many of you have an experimental mindset. He finds those that embrace this do better in their careers.
2024-03-22
173 reads
Re-platforming
Sometimes you need to completely change your software, perhaps on a new platform. Steve has a few thoughts on this drastic action.
2024-03-20
168 reads
Protecting Off Hours
There is new legislation in Australia that is supposed to allow employees to ignore messages outside of working hours. Steve has a few thoughts on how he balances his workload.
2024-03-18
196 reads
Give It Away
Tech conference season is in full swing, and it’s only the middle of March. Between Grant, Steve, and I, we’ve attended or presented at about 10 events so far. And within my community of developers and database folks, I’ve seen pictures and posts of many more. As I’ve said a few times in previous editorials, […]
2024-03-17
76 reads
Growing Skills at Work
We all need to grow our skills at work. It can be challenging, but we can find ways, as well as advocate to management that resources are needed.
2024-03-15
200 reads
Navigating the Database Landscape
Today Steve has a few thoughts on his keynote topic today at the Redgate Summit.
2024-03-13
179 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
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Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
degree of parallelism
Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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