The Exceptional DBA Awards
Seeking to recognize DBAs for the work they do, the Exceptional DBA Awards are open for nominations. Steve Jones talks a bit about the event.
2008-05-29
51 reads
Editorial - MP3
Job Specialization - Boon or Bane?
As the number of different software/technologies increases exponentially, does specializing limit an IT professional's ability to move around?
2008-05-28
49 reads
The May Car Update (2008)
Steve Jones talks about alternative hybrids, in this bi-monthly update on automotive news.
2008-05-27
740 reads
MatrixDB
A new feature for SQL Server? Steve Jones talks about a very interesting job posting from Microsoft.
2008-05-21
39 reads
2008-05-20
40 reads
Who Built This Thing?
Do the people that build SQL Server really work with it? Steve Jones shares a short story from a recent trip to the Pacific Northwest.
2008-05-19
52 reads
The Best Way to Find Quality People
How can you find good employees? Steve Jones offers a few tips on what has worked for him in the past.
2008-05-18
49 reads
The Database Weekly Update for May 19. 2008
Steve Jones looks at the performance of column changes, petaflop computing, and a few ways to beef up your DBA skills.
2008-05-16
300 reads
2008-05-14
31 reads
Encrypting Data
Encrypting data is the easy part of dealing with encryption and databases. Steve Jones talks about some of the other, more difficult, issues you must handle.
2008-05-13
35 reads
Blogs
How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...
Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle
By Steve Jones
The 11th episode is now live, recorded a few weeks ago at the PASS...
A New Word: Mornden
By Steve Jones
mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long...
Forums
What is the best index strategy for a table that gets truncated?
Hi everyone My SSIS package does a bulk insert of csv files into a...
Blob Storage automated downloads
Dipping my toes into the waters of Azure and of course before I get...
Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers