SQL Server Management Studio for Beginners - SQL School Video
Learn the basics of how to work with Management Studio in this SQL School video.
The New Year - 2009
It's the first day of 2009 and Steve Jones gives a few predictions for the new year in this editorial.
Data Quality and Data Profiling
David Loshin describes the benefits of the combination of the bottom-up aspects of data profiling with a top-down analysis phase for establishing criteria for data quality management.
Industry Experience... Required?
This Friday, a guest poll and editorial from Adrian Nichols wondering about the value of experience in a particular area.
Industry Experience... Required?
This Friday, a guest poll and editorial from Adrian Nichols wondering about the value of experience in a particular area.
Industry Experience... Required?
This Friday, a guest poll and editorial from Adrian Nichols wondering about the value of experience in a particular area.
The Year in Review 2008
Steve Jones looks back at the past year and database news that has occurred.
Use Excel to DIFF Your Query Outputs
Comparing data from two queries to see if they return the same results can be an interesting challenge. David Ziffer brings us a great way to do this using Excel.
Temporal Datatypes in SQL Server
In the first of a series of articles on the tricks of tackling temporal data in SQL, Joe Celko discusses SQL's temporal data types and agonizes over the fact that, although there are ANSI/ISO Standards for temporal operations in SQL, every vendor has something different.
The New Year - 2009
It's the first day of 2009 and Steve Jones gives a few predictions for the new year in this editorial.
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
Forums
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Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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