The way that you view the world is often different that the way others might. It can be helpful to remember that when you are trying to work with others, or even critique their work. Steve Jones talks about the need to remember that as you progress in your career.
2009-09-28
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Steve Jones looks at some of the interesting news this week in the SQL Server world.
2009-09-28
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Can you trust the information you get online? There are lots of people that think so, and that's been one of the huge benefits of a highly connected world. Most of us ask questions and get help from others around the world using various forums. This Friday Steve Jones asks you about the help you get online.
2009-09-25
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Today we have a guest editorial from Tim Mitchell that looks at the stereotypical geek. Have you worked with one? Is it harder to manage technical people? Or is it the job? Read Tim's thoughts and let us know if you agree.
2009-09-24
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When things aren't done well or set up properly in your systems, is it a mistake or a failure? Steve Jones talks about the need for those working with technology to be sure that they are taking responsibility for being educated about how to do things.
2009-09-23
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There's a networking seminar at the PASS Summit, and with the explosion of social networking sites, lots of technology workers have been thinking about how to better network for their career. Today Steve Joens talks about why it's a good idea to build up your networking skills.
2009-09-22
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Do we take security too far? Are we creating unnecessary rules for those that need to use the resources we support? Steve Jones talks today about security and how we might want to approach it when handling rights for developers.
2014-06-27 (first published: 2009-09-21)
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Phil ponders whether the term 'DBA' is still really meaningful, or if it's just a blunt instrument used to bash a diverse population into a mis-conceived niche. Is it worth the trouble of being typecast, just to have those 3 letters on your CV?
2009-09-21
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Working with passwords that provide enough security and are hard to crack is complicated enough. Most users want to simplify their lives with fewer passwords if possible. This Friday Steve Jones asks how you handle passwords across systems.
2009-09-18
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When you upgrade to a new server, there's more than just making sure that everything is ready to move, but do you clean house? Do you ever go back and ensure you're not moving things that you don't need?
2009-09-17
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By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers