Social Software
More and more companies are looking to use social software, like Facebook, to link employees, but is this a good thing?
2008-03-27
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Editorial
Bad Automation
Coming up with ways to do things automatically with software can be a boon to productivity, but not every idea is a good one.
2008-03-26
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March Madness
How disruptive is the annual college basketball tournament to work? Steve Jones doesn't think it's a problem.
2008-03-25
57 reads
A Bad Report Card
The Federal Communications Commission doesn't get a good report on it's data handling and management processes.
2008-03-24
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Feature (In)Complete
A look at some of the interesting database news from the previous week (March 24, 2008).
2008-03-24
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Sharing
As humans we look to share with each other, but there are times that this can be a bad thing. Steve Jones has a poll asking you about your sharing habits.
2008-03-21
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Human Power
It's incredible what humans can accomplish when they work on a problem with passion. This editorial was originally published on Mar 20, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is on vacation.
2012-11-19 (first published: 2008-03-20)
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Fire Drills
How often do you have those fire drills, testing what you would do in the event of an emergency. Would you be satisfied with a 30% success rate?
2008-03-19
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Get Rid of the Indexes
An idea that could save time and resources for backup and recovery in SQL Server.
2008-03-18
393 reads
2008-03-17
245 reads
Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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