In SQL Server, we treat XML with a reverence that is disproportionate to its importance. The SQL Server team have indeed gone big on XML, as Michael Cole’s book reveals. The industry has gone big in another direction: JSON.
2012-02-20
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This Friday Steve Jones asks whether you think the salespeople or the technical people are more important to the success of a company. And if they should be better compensated.
2012-02-17
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It's easy to get stuck in a rut and not learn to use the new features and capabilities of your tools are they evolve. Steve Jones reminds you it's worth a little time investment to learn about your tools.
2012-02-15
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This Valentine's Day Steve Jones wants to thank everyone in the community for their efforts.
2012-02-14
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Anonymizing data is hard, and Steve Jones talks about some of the problems with trying. Is this something we should be more concerned about this with our corporate data?
2012-02-13
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Certification is on Steve Jones' mind this week after quite a few training opportunities have popped up lately.
2012-02-13
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This Friday Steve Jones wants to know if you are using encryption in your production system and if so, how is it working? Can you handle DR situations?
2012-02-10
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Steve Jones comments on predictions that we will see new types of APIs coming in the future, especially data APIs.
2012-02-09
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This editorial was originally published on Mar 20, 2007. It is being republished as Steve Jones is on vacation. Today Steve Jones talks about going into business for yourself, and reminding you it's not as simple as it might seem.
2012-02-08
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Continuous improvement comes from measurement, analysis, and changes. Steve Jones talks about how we should be doing that with our data collection, analysis, and storage.
2012-02-07
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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