Double Check
Steve Jones looks at the positive side of someone else doing your work when you're on vacation. There's an interesting benefit for the company.
2008-06-18
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Editorials
The Green Stuff
Money. It's part of the reason why we all work, though hopefully not all of it. Steve Jones comments a bit on financial matters.
2008-06-17
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Do You Want to Be Right?
Steve Jones talks about being right versus being effective in your IT work.
2008-06-16
188 reads
The Database Weekly Update for June 16, 2008
Steve Jones looks back at the news of the past, including a look at RC0, the latest release of SQL Server 2008.
2008-06-16
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2008-06-12
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2008-06-11
111 reads
The Bulldogs
Steve Jones talks about IT Project Failure and how you should re-evaluate things are you move forward.
2008-06-10
115 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
308 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
116 reads
The Bulldogs
Steve Jones talks about IT Project Failure and how you should re-evaluate things are you move forward.
2008-06-09
79 reads
Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
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Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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