2020-04-25
134 reads
Career Growth
2020-04-11
133 reads
2020-04-10
174 reads
More Time to Certify
You have more time to earn that MCSA, MCSE, or MCSD, thanks to Microsoft and the pandemic.
2020-04-08
190 reads
Next Person Up
Steve wonders today about the need to compete in our jobs, especially with employers that view us as resources.
2020-04-02
130 reads
Now Is a Good Time for Choices
The whole world is going through some interesting times. Chances are pretty high that you’re working from home and your principal interaction with others is through virtual means. I know I’m that way as is my company, Redgate Software. It can be challenging or rewarding, depending on how you go about it. What’s even more […]
2020-03-28
128 reads
Taking Stock of Your Career
With almost a quarter of 2020 gone, Steve notes it's be time to stock of your career.
2020-03-27
498 reads
The Challenge of Contracting
The nature of work might be changing, and Steve has a few thoughts on thinking about your job as always contracting.
2020-03-25
116 reads
SQL Is Always Going to be Popular
Steve thinks that learning more about the SQL language is always a good career investment.
2020-03-18
356 reads
The WFH Challenges
Working from home can be hard and Steve has a few ideas that might help you transition during these challenging times.
2020-03-16
254 reads
Blogs
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
Forums
AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
Question of the Day
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers