Take Care of People
The transformation of a way of working is hard, but it's important to realize this is more than just technology. This also includes people.
2021-03-16
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Editorials
2021-03-15
152 reads
New Options for Training and Learning
In 2008, I managed to achieve the goal of becoming a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Once I achieved the status, Microsoft shipped me a binder with dozens of DVDs containing lab VMs and class materials for all the current classes. At some point, instead of receiving DVDs, you were expected to download images which was quite […]
2021-03-13
171 reads
Imposter or Student
We all need to learn and tackle new technology in our career. When we do so, are we impostors or students?
2021-03-12
149 reads
2021-03-11
113 reads
The Ease of Containers
Containers have changed how to develop and deploy software. They haven't caught on with databases as much, but Steve thinks this will change.
2021-03-10
146 reads
Distributed SQL Databases
There are new platforms out there that promise a distributed SQL relational database. Steve talks about a few today.
2021-03-09
426 reads
Disclosing the How
As we use more Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning tools in our applications, we need to understand how they work.
2021-03-08
77 reads
Stories to Engage Us
I've always been fascinated by history. For a long time growing up, my plan was to become a history teacher. While that didn't work out, I've continued to read quite a lot of history, both popular and scholarly works. One of the things about it that I find most fascinating are the stories. History is […]
2021-03-06
47 reads
Making Guesses
When working on a new database, Steve Jones hesitates to make too many guesses, or at least, too many exact guesses.
2021-03-05 (first published: 2015-08-11)
214 reads
Blogs
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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