Social Software
More and more companies are looking to use social software, like Facebook, to link employees, but is this a good thing?
2008-03-27
172 reads
Editorials
Bad Automation
Coming up with ways to do things automatically with software can be a boon to productivity, but not every idea is a good one.
2008-03-26
98 reads
March Madness
How disruptive is the annual college basketball tournament to work? Steve Jones doesn't think it's a problem.
2008-03-25
47 reads
A Bad Report Card
The Federal Communications Commission doesn't get a good report on it's data handling and management processes.
2008-03-24
56 reads
Feature (In)Complete
A look at some of the interesting database news from the previous week (March 24, 2008).
2008-03-24
196 reads
Sharing
As humans we look to share with each other, but there are times that this can be a bad thing. Steve Jones has a poll asking you about your sharing habits.
2008-03-21
75 reads
Fire Drills
How often do you have those fire drills, testing what you would do in the event of an emergency. Would you be satisfied with a 30% success rate?
2008-03-19
87 reads
Get Rid of the Indexes
An idea that could save time and resources for backup and recovery in SQL Server.
2008-03-18
381 reads
SQL Server Data Services
SQL Server isn’t used much for web-based applications, simply because the cheapest ISPs use Linux and Apache for their platform. There are ISPs that provide a .NET platform and SQL Server but it is at a cost. SSDS seems to be Microsoft’s latest attempt to break into the market for database-driven websites.
2008-03-17
120 reads
2008-03-17
239 reads
Blogs
Friday Flyway Tips–Comparison Options
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked how they could get index changes to be captured in...
A New Word: Guiltwrights
By Steve Jones
giltwrights – n. the imaginary committee of elders that keeps a running log of...
Becoming Kristyna Ferris <3
By DataOnWheels
Hey folks, fun personal post today. A few weeks ago, I got married! My...
Forums
Selecting from a view, base table has a DENY on a column
This is something I've never seen before and I can't think of the right...
JSON data with Pivoted
Hi All, I need some assistance and not sure how to achieve the expected...
SQL Window Functions Series: LAG() and LEAD()
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Window Functions Series: LAG()...
Ask SSC