Dreams of the Future
Steve Jones looks ahead to an interesting trip for the future of a couple of technical geeks.
2008-03-06
84 reads
Editorials
Terry-bites
A new technology could be a boon for database servers, dramatically increasing the amount of memory available for SQL Server.
2008-03-05
102 reads
A New World Record
SQL Server 2008 sets a TPC record. And it hasn't even been released. This editorial was originally published on Mar 4, 2008. It is being rerun as Steve is on vacation.
2008-03-04
160 reads
How to lay out SQL Code
Anyone who inherits a database application dreads poorly laid-out SQL code. Development teams loathe it. Putting it right would be easier, if there was a common, agreed, standard in place, so why the difficulty?
2008-03-03
213 reads
Locking Your Disk
How important is disk encryption to you? Do you think about all those replicated or copied databases on laptops? Let us know. This editorial was originally published on Feb 28, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is on holiday.
2008-02-29
119 reads
The February Energy Update
Steve Jones takes a look at the world of energy news and a few projects out at the ranch.
2008-02-28
53 reads
Blast Off
SQL Server 2008 launches today and there's are additional events all across the country coming up.
2008-02-27
61 reads
2008-02-25
12 reads
Not Connected
Do you know how to suggest improvements or features for SQL Server? Or report bugs? You use Connect, but it needs some work before it will really help the product.
2008-02-25
61 reads
Give and Take
This Friday Steve Jones asks about capital at work and does it affect the way you do business.
2008-02-22
31 reads
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
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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