The January Car Update - iPod
The bimonthly update looks at a compressed air car, the X-Prize, daily rentals, and hybrid pickups.
The January Car Update - MP3
The bimonthly update looks at a compressed air car, the X-Prize, daily rentals, and hybrid pickups.
The January Car Update - WMV
The bimonthly update looks at a compressed air car, the X-Prize, daily rentals, and hybrid pickups.
The March Car Update
Steve Jones' bimonthly update on the state of transportation and what's happening with his Prius.
The March Car Update
Steve Jones' bimonthly update on the state of transportation and what's happening with his Prius.
The March Car Update
Steve Jones' bimonthly update on the state of transportation and what's happening with his Prius.
Easy or Hard
How should we build tools? Should they be easy to use? Or does it make sense to have some things hard to do so that only experienced used choose them. Steve Jones comments on usability and the implications of your choices.
How to Handle NULL Values Loaded by SSIS from Excel Files
Using Script Task in SSIS to resolve problem of NULL values loaded from Excel.
The Exceptional DBA: Soft Skills
If impeccable technical skills are a "given", what are the soft shills that will make you an Exceptional DBA rather than a competent DBA?
All Data Readers Are Evil
The DBA's Mantra: All data readers are evil. Steve Jones talks about a proposed corollary that might be appropriate to ensure security.
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers