DBA Value
Are DBAs worth more to a company than other types of IT employees? Steve Jones has some thoughts about the salary ranges for DBAs today.
2008-11-11
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Editorials
Creative SPAM
SPAM permeates all aspects of our lives. Steve Jones takes a poll today about which messages might have caught your eye.
2008-11-07
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Testing Service Pack 3
Who is responsible for Service Pack testing? Ultimately it's Microsoft, but Steve Jones reminds us we make a difference as well.
2008-11-06
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Bootstrap
Steve Jones talks about starting your own business and some of the challenges and advantages.
2008-11-05
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Participation
With Election Day in the US, Steve Jones talks about how you can make a difference. This editorial was originally published on Nov 4, 2008. It is being republished as Steve is out of town.
2008-11-04
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Dead LINQ - Database Weekly (Nov 3, 2008)
Steve Jones comments on a few pieces of interesting SQL Server news this week, including Service Pack 3.
2008-11-03
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Happy Halloween 2008!
Steve Jones is taking a break on this fine holiday, enjoy a few bloopers before you head out with the kids for trick-or-treating.
2008-10-31
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The October 2008 Energy Update
The bimonthly update on the world of energy from Steve Jones talks about wind power.
2008-10-30
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2008-10-29
880 reads
Updating Aging Databases
Somehow, one is expected to be pleased that SQL Server 2005 is going to have another Service Pack. Why? For many DBAs, SQL Server 2005 is still a dangerous and radical upgrade. Phil Factor considers Microsoft's responsibilities...
2008-10-28
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Blogs
Runing tSQLt Tests with Claude
By Ed Elliott
Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow...
Getting Your Data GenAI-Ready: The Next Stage of Data Maturity
By James Serra
I remember a meeting where a client’s CEO leaned in and asked me, “So,...
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
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The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?