Lazy Developers - Database Weekly (2008/07/28)
Developers tend to be lazy in Steve Jones' view. This week he examines some of the problems that this lack of effort can cause in applications.
2008-07-25
222 reads
Editorial - WMV
Service Accounts
A Friday poll from Steve Jones looks at service accounts and how you deal with passwords.
2008-07-24
59 reads
Virtual Conversions
Virtualization is becoming more and more popular, being implemented in many companies every day to replace the need to add more physical boxes to your data center. Steve Jones comments on some of the handy features of virtualization.
2008-07-23
48 reads
Knock, Knock...What's Funny?
Humor in the workplace is essential for a good environment, but employees need to be careful about what they might consider sharing.
2008-07-22
65 reads
The IT Employee Benchmark
What's important in an IT employee? Steve Jones talks about the skills and measurements CIOs want today and tomorrow.
2008-07-21
54 reads
Going Naked
Steve Jones talks about the value of software maintenance and how you should view their value.
2008-07-19
48 reads
The Database Weekly Update for July 21, 2008
In this update from the past week Steve Jones looks at leaks in encrypted disks and Web 2.0 development.
2008-07-18
212 reads
Soft Skills
A guest Friday poll from Adam Angelini, DBA and member of the band Wakamojo, which was featured on some editorial podcasts. This week Adam wonders about soft skills for DBAs.
2008-07-17
207 reads
Pulling Together
When a co-worker is ill, what should the rest of the office do? How do you handle absences that might extend for weeks or months. Steve Jones comments on the responsibilities of the team.
2008-07-16
54 reads
Untouched Data
How much data do you have that's never accessed. Apparently most of it on a network is just stored and never re-examined. Steve Jones comments on a few statistics.
2008-07-15
66 reads
Blogs
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
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SQL Training: Black Friday Deals Up to 75% Off
This Black Week, don't just get a discount—get ahead! Whether you're a total newbie...
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Blob Storage automated downloads
Dipping my toes into the waters of Azure and of course before I get...
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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