DIY
For this Friday, Steve Jones has a poll about life outside of work and how much you tinker with things.
2008-07-11
97 reads
Editorials
The Value of an MBA in IT
Do you have an MBA? If so, has it helped you? Is it worth getting one for someone in IT? Ted Pin comments.
2008-07-10
611 reads
What's an MVP?
What does it mean to be an MVP for Microsoft? Steve Jones talks about what the award is and what it means to get the award.
2008-07-09
321 reads
Land Mines
Security can be a hassle, but Steve Jones talks about why we sometimes put up with the difficulties of implementing strong security.
2008-07-08
98 reads
Enough is Enough
When do you decide that enough is enough? When does it make sense to let some bugs go and fix them later? Steve Jones comments on the decisions you sometimes make.
2008-07-07
139 reads
The Database Weekly Update for July 7, 2008
Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?
2008-07-07
31 reads
Happy 4th of July
A blooper collection of mistakes and errors from a variety of editorials on this holiday weekend.
2008-07-04
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2008-07-03
191 reads
Data Rich and Information Poor
Do you deal with data or information? Do you know the difference and are you transforming one into the other. Steve Jones comments on the state of many companies' data.
2008-07-01
125 reads
The Database Weekly Update for June 30, 2008
Steve Jones looks back at a week of news on data center infrastructure, the EF war, and SQL Server 2008 news.
2008-06-30
35 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Looking Back in Time
By Steve Jones
Often we find out about a problem reported by a customer after the incident...
Can You Tell Why a Plan Didn’t Go Parallel?
Let’s face it, most of the time, you probably don’t want your SQL Server...
Friday Flyway Tips: State-based deployment with Flyway Teams
By Steve Jones
I was asked about state-based deployments in Flyway Teams, so I decided to show...
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Question of the Day
The Table Backup
I run this code in SQL Server 2022. What happens?
BACKUP TABLE beercount TO DISK = 'beercount.bak'See possible answers