Try To Be More Inefficient
Steve Jones is recommending that you don't work the most efficient way at your job. Sometimes.
Try To Be More Inefficient
Steve Jones is recommending that you don't work the most efficient way at your job. Sometimes.
Try To Be More Inefficient
Steve Jones is recommending that you don't work the most efficient way at your job. Sometimes.
Why Read-only Table Parameters is Not Enough
In this article I discuss a new feature in SQL 2008, table-valued parameters and particularly the restriction that they have to be read-only. I argue that this makes this feature considerably less useful that it could be, and that in order to build scalable applications be able to pass read-write table parameters between stored procedures is essential.
April Bloopers
Steve takes a day off from the editorials with this blooper reel from the podcasts. Be sure to watch the video.
Database Wars Coming for the XBOX 360
A new XBOX 360 title is being released today for the DBA in you.
A Scary Comparison
What changes are coming in the editions for SQL Server 2008. Steve Jones finds a rather scary piece of literature.
A Scary Comparison
What changes are coming in the editions for SQL Server 2008. Steve Jones finds a rather scary piece of literature.
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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