Becoming a Google Earth
Continuing on with a "Week in the Clouds", today Steve Jones discusses some of the challenges of cloud computing.
2009-04-15
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Editorials
Shapes in the Clouds
Continuing on with his week in the clouds, Steve Jones looks at how SQL Server might appear in the cloud world.
2009-04-14
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Service Pack 1 - Database Weekly (Apr 13, 2009)
This past week saw the release of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008, and some interesting changes with it. Steve Jones comments.
2009-04-13
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Ruthless
Managing your time is a skill that is important in your career. Steve Jones talks a little today about why you might want to develop this skill.
2009-04-09
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Managing Risk
Evaluating risk is something we do every day. Steve Jones talks a bit about using this to make ourselves better.
2009-04-07
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The Disappearing DBA
During a "difficult period", a developer often sinks from view. When things are going well, suddenly they are the gunslinger, the hotshot. The DBA often looks on wistfully. For him, the "fame trajectory" seems to work in reverse.
2009-04-06
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Portable Data Centers
Is the next data center for your SQL Servers going to be portable? Steve Jones comments on some of the changes being put forth by Microsoft and others.
2009-04-02
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2009-04-01
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The March 2009 Car Update
This month Steve Jones looks at the problems in the auto industry along with a link to the cars most likely to be caught speeding.
2009-03-31
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Are We Wasting Too Much Time Social Networking?
The advent of social networking has excited many DBAs, but is that a good thing? Does social networking help or hurt you in your career?
2009-03-30
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Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
Forums
The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Your Value from a Conference
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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