Good for the Goose
This Friday's poll asks you about having a fair set of benefits for extra time work. Steve Jones wants to know how your employer treats you.
Good for the Goose
This Friday's poll asks you about having a fair set of benefits for extra time work. Steve Jones wants to know how your employer treats you.
Richard Stallman: Geek of the Week
Many famous geeks work away at their programs without considering the wider implications of what they, and others, are doing. Richard Stallman isn't like that. Richard (rms) is one of the great brains behind Linux distros, as he wrote the GNU compilers and GNU debugger. He is driven by strong opinions about the nature of free software, and the restrictive nature of software copyright. We sent our intrepid reporter, Richard Morris, to find out if Richard Stallman really required journalists to read parts of the GNU philosophy before an interview, for "efficiency's sake".
Scripting in SSIS
Tim Mitchell presented at SQLSaturday #17 on Scripting in SSIS. I thought it was a really interesting presentation, and I’m...
Simple Doughnut Chart for Analysis Services Data
Architect Bill Pearson leads the hands-on creation of a simple doughnut chart based upon an Analysis Services data source.
Compatibility issue and CROSS APPLY
This article would help to solve a strange error dealing with compatibility issue while using CROSS APPLY
Dedicated Administrator Connection - SQL School Video
If you have trouble connecting to a busy server, you'll want to watch this installment of SQL School. MVP Andy Warren shows how you can use the dedicated administrator connection (DAC) in SQL Server 2005 and above.
Loyalty Cards
Many businesses have loyalty programs to encourage repeat business. However do they think about data security when they build these programs? Steve Jones thinks they could do better.
Agile Practices Meet Database Development: Intro
I think the database developer role is on the rise and that it's better suited for agile practices - but guidance...
An Introduction to SQL Server FileStream
Filestream allows us to store and manage unstructured data in SQL Server more easily. Initially, the accounts of FILESTREAM assumed prodigious powers of concentration and cognition, and we mortals all recoiled numbly. However, it became clear that we were missing out on some extraordinarily useful functionality, so we asked Jacob Sebastian to come up with a simple and clear-cut account of the FILESTREAM feature in SQL Server 2008. You'll agree he has managed the feat superbly.
Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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