2022-05-28
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Editorials
2022-05-27 (first published: 2018-02-08)
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It's Not Yours
We may talk about our databases, but hopefully most of us know we don't own the data.
2022-05-25 (first published: 2018-01-17)
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It's the Engineers
The staff that build your systems are more important than your choice of technology.
2022-05-23 (first published: 2018-01-08)
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Moving on but not far
During my technical career, I’ve changed companies several times. I even worked as an independent contractor for three years. One thing I have never done before was switch departments and roles within one company. That’s about to change in a couple of weeks as I move from Simple Talk Editor and DevOps Advocate in Marketing […]
2022-05-21
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Job Interviews: What is Normalization?
Do you know how to answer normalization questions in an interview? Steve Jones gives you a few ideas and recommends you brush up on your knowledge.
2022-05-20 (first published: 2018-01-11)
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The General Database Platform
It seems that many people who choose NoSQL platforms still need relational features. Steve speculates on why.
2022-05-18
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2022-05-16 (first published: 2018-01-15)
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Will Hosted Services Take Your Job?
This week I was honored to be able to attend, and present a session at, SQLDay in Wroclaw Poland. I fell in love with Poland the very first time I attended this event, so I look forward to any time I can go again. This year, Pavel Potasinski presented the keynote: The Evolution of the […]
2022-05-14
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2022-05-13
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Blogs
Daily Coping 18 Aug 2022
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
New parameter in sp_DBPermissions and sp_SrvPermissions: @CopyTo
I’ve added a new parameter to my permissions scripts (well, just the main two...
Creating TAIL on Windows for Text Files
By Steve Jones
UPDATE: Article changed based on the comment from Mr. Sewell. I wrote recently about...
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