2008-06-12
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Editorials
2008-06-11
105 reads
The Bulldogs
Steve Jones talks about IT Project Failure and how you should re-evaluate things are you move forward.
2008-06-10
109 reads
A Private Database
Having separate databases for each client? It's a common problem and Steve Jones wonders if this might be a feature coming in SQL Server at some point.
2008-06-09
304 reads
Open Source and SQL Server communities
The other day, I was chatting to a keen PostgreSQL user. We're used to having free databases, such as IBM DB2 Express-C, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, SQLite and Oracle XE, but PostgreSQL is different in that it is open source. It is a proper, dedicated community too, I was told...
2008-06-09
106 reads
The Bulldogs
Steve Jones talks about IT Project Failure and how you should re-evaluate things are you move forward.
2008-06-09
75 reads
The Software Comparison - Part 4
The final installment of Steve Jones' comparison between software developers and other professions looks at the most closely related: engineers.
2008-06-05
118 reads
The Software Comparison - Part 3
Steve Jones takes another attempt at comparing software development to another profession. Today's target: doctors.
2008-06-04
86 reads
Software Comparison - Part 2
The second editorial from Steve Jones comparing software to other types of jobs continues with a look at the legal profession.
2008-06-03
170 reads
Database Weekly - June 2, 2008
A look back at the news from the week including Windows 7 and taking an unwired vacation.
2008-06-02
246 reads
Blogs
Dynamically Unpivot columns in SQL
By DataOnWheels
Picture this, your data ingestion team has created a table that has the sales...
Friday Basics: RPO and RTO
By Brian Kelley
I did a post last month titled RTO and RPO are myths unless you've...
A New Word: ioia
By Steve Jones
ioia – n.the wish that you could see statistics overlaid on every person you...
Forums
SQL Server Encrypt data into a file, send it and then decrypt
First off, my apologies for what could potentially be a bad title! I am...
Table partitioning best practice
I've inherited a couple of rather large databases from my ex-colleague when I join...
Identifying Customer Buying Pattern in Power BI - Part 2
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Identifying Customer Buying Pattern in...
Question of the Day
Finding Marks
I have marked a few transactions in my code. How can I find out which marks were stored in a transaction log?
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