Drive
What motivates people? What makes them happy at their jobs? Steve Jones talks about Drive, the book by Dan Pink, and the possibility that people actually like doing their jobs and are willing to work.
2011-02-24
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Editorials
Commuting Pain
Did you know that commuting can actually affect your health? Steve Jones talks about an IBM study on this and suggests you talk to your boss about telecommuting or remote work. The option to do so just might be beneficial for your long term health.
2011-02-23
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Archiving Little Used Data
How do you decide what to archive? Steve Jones says that you need to come up with a method as our data sizes grow larger and larger all the time.
2011-02-22
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Getting Up To Speed on SQL Server Denali
Now that the Denali CTP has been out for several months, Brad asks how you're planning on getting up to speed on the latest version of SQL Server
2011-02-21
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What's Your Code Quality?
Today we have an editorial reprinted from Jan 3, 2006 as Steve is on vacation. What's the quality of your code? Do you measure it? And does it matter?
2011-02-21
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2011-02-18
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The Stairway Series
Today we launch a new series of content aimed at providing basic knowledge to people new to a section of SQL Server. Steve Jones comments on the way this series came about.
2011-02-17
701 reads
What Sarbanes-Oxley Won't Do
Today we have a reprint of an editorial from Dec 4, 2005 as Steve is on vacation.
2011-02-16
177 reads
Data Quality
Today we have an editorial reprinted from Dec 12, 2005 as Steve is on vacation. Steve talks about the hassles of poor data quality and why it can hurt a business.
2011-02-15
265 reads
A Variety of Interpretations
This week was T-SQL Tuesday week, the brainchild of Adam Machanic, and hosted by Pat Wright. The theme of Automation produced some very interesting posts. Some of them might inspire you to change the way you tackle the solutions for a variety of problems.
2011-02-14
100 reads
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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