THE PROGRAMMER'S QUICK GUIDE TO THE LANGUAGES
A brief description of some well known, and not so well known programming languages. Have you worked with any of these?
2001-11-09
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Articles
2001-11-09
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PASS Chat on SQL Server 2000 SP2 BETA Today!
PASS Chat on SQL Server 2000 SP2 BETA Post Mortem this week! Your peers will be there - Don't miss the chance to get involved! PASS Chats are exclusively co-hosted with Microsoft TechNet.
2001-11-08
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SQL Server 7.0 Undocumented Extended Stored Procedures
A few stored procedures that are not documented in SQL Server 7.0, but may come in handy for DBAs
2001-11-07
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Worst Practices - Assigning Users Rights
Continuing with Andy Warren's series on Worst Practices for a DBA, Steve Jones joins in this week with his worst practice.
2001-11-06
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DBA Job Description: What type of DBA are you?
One of the common questions that Brian Knight sees in the newsgroups is what is a DBA officially supposed to be doing? In this article, Brian covers the many hats a DBA can and does wear.
2001-11-05
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Certification Counterpoint - Why You Should NOT Certity
In this article, Andy Warren presents his views on why obtaining certification is not a good idea. Read this one and the one by Steve Jones that supports certification - which has the more compelling argument
2001-11-04
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Certification Should Be Required
Steve Jones presents his case for why certifications should be required. Read this and the counter point article by Andy Warren to hear the other side of this argument - then post your comments
2001-11-04
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2001-11-02
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XML for SQL Server 2000: Optimizing Your Performance
The XML features of Microsoft® SQL Server® 2000 and the subsequent XML for SQL Server 2000 Web releases enable a whole new class of XML-aware applications. This article shows you how to improve the performance of this new feature.
2001-11-01
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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