Using AI with Data Tasks
Steve isn't sure that AI is that helpful with data tasks. It can be, but likely in specific areas rather than helping us with everything and taking our jobs.
2023-08-19
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Editorials
Taking Advantage of Conferences
Conferences have been a part of Steve's career for a long time. He talks about how he'd taken advantage of the opportunities he's had.
2023-08-18
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Code Building Code
Using code to help you write code is a time honored tradition in software development.
2023-08-16 (first published: 2019-04-09)
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Using Clear Language to Avoid Confusion
Communication can be challenging when we don't work closely with others. Steve draws a comparison with a popular children's show in the US.
2023-08-14
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What Counts For a DBA: Manners
When most people were young, they had someone telling them to "Mind your manners." Such classics as: "Keep your elbows off of the table," "Use a fork," "Put on deodorant," as well as "Don't chew with your mouth open" were bandied about like there were laws of nature. However, manners differ significantly from laws in […]
2023-08-12
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What Have You Done Lately Outside of Work?
Today Steve asks the question about what you do outside of work to advance your career.
2023-08-11
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How Wrong is Stack Overflow?
Steve has a few thoughts on a rant about Stack Overflow. An experienced developer thinks much of their information is wrong and things are getting worse.
2023-08-09
268 reads
Archive to the Lake
Microsoft Fabric changes the paradigm for how you might store data in your warehouse.
2023-08-07
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Small Changes, Big Results
Last week I was able to attend THAT conference in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. It was my first time in the great state of cheese, and the conference lived up to its reputation. As a developer focused conference (rather than a database conference), I didn't have much expectation that my session about automating database changes would […]
2023-08-05
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Flexible Work Policies are Preferred
New research says that companies with flexible work policies, hybrid or remote, find they are able to hire staff more quickly.
2023-08-04
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Blogs
How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...
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
By Steve Jones
mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long...
Forums
What is the best index strategy for a table that gets truncated?
Hi everyone My SSIS package does a bulk insert of csv files into a...
Blob Storage automated downloads
Dipping my toes into the waters of Azure and of course before I get...
Announcing SQL Server 2025
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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