The Inmates in Charge
What happens if you allow people to be in control of their own computers? Are we putting the inmates in charge of the asylum?
2008-04-20
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Editorial - MP3
Up or Down?
How does the job market look this year for DBAs? Steve Jones asks the SQL Server community for their thoughts on the current employment outlook.
2008-04-17
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Sun Invests, IBM Invests, MS ??
The other major database vendors have been making investments by purchasing database related companies, but what has Microsoft done?
2008-04-15
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2008-04-14
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Bloated
What is going on with all this production data? Steve Jones talks about the need to manage data growth and is it really worth the resources.
2008-04-13
31 reads
Behind the Curtain
Commentary on the database related news of the past week. SQL Server 2008 Certification, deep inside SQL Server and the Library of Congress.
2008-04-12
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2008-04-09
40 reads
The Feature Debate
Is SQL Server keeping up with MySQL or is it the other way around. Steve Jones comments on a few of the differences in the platforms.
2008-04-08
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Securing Data
It's important that you do more than just implement perimeter security with firewalls. Steve Jones talks about how we can better secure our systems.
2008-04-07
44 reads
The Cost of Support
Microsoft is not planning on releasing Service Pack 3, but what is the best model for supporting software? Steve Jones gives a few thoughts.
2008-04-06
43 reads
Blogs
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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