A Flock of SQL Servers
Do you want to integrate Twitter with your database server? Steve Jones asks the question this week.
2011-08-19
130 reads
Editorials
Benefits
Benefits for workers seem to be on the decline. Steve Jones talks about the issue, which might be something you give more weight to when choosing your next job.
2011-08-17
143 reads
Going Big with SSDs
Solid State Drives are becoming more commonplace in database systems. eBay and Facebook have implemented large SSD systems in their environments. Steve Jones thinks DBAs should be learning more about how SSDs affect SQL Server.
2011-08-16
248 reads
Back to Basics
This week Steve Jones reminds us that the basic skills we may take for granted might need some refreshing or updating.
2011-08-15
327 reads
Keeping Your Soul
How much do you need to sacrifice to succeed in business? It might be a lot, but Steve Jones says a lot of financial success is not worth losing your soul over.
2011-08-15
121 reads
Tricky Questions
This Friday Steve Jones is looking for help with interview questions. What questions have been hard in an interview or surprised you? Let us know and help others be prepared for their next interview.
2011-08-12
434 reads
How Far Will You Go (To Work)?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at commuting to work.
2011-08-11
306 reads
Data Matters
Data is important, but today Steve Jones notes that what we do with it is even more important.
2011-08-10
113 reads
The Window Is Shrinking
Today Steve talks about security and the fact that your window for lax security is shrinking for new applications.
2011-08-09
134 reads
Hardware Hacking
Steve Jones examines one of the issues of foreign chip production: security. Will this be an attack vector in the future?
2011-08-08
146 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers