2008-01-25
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Editorials
The End of Estimation
How interesting would it be to not have to guesstimate what size server to buy for your next application? Steve Jones may have found a way to help you.
2008-01-24
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The In-House Expert
Are specialists worth keeping inside of a company? Or does it pay to hire generalists and then get consultants as needed? Steve Jones comments on the choices you might face as your career grows.
2008-01-23
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2008-01-22
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A Pay Raise
There's a shortage of IT workers, which should lead to a pay raise for some people. Steve Jones takes a look at some recent news about IT salaries.
2008-01-21
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SUN DB
The purchase of MySQL by Sun is an interesting move by Sun, which has pondered it's own database product.
2008-01-21
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Testing
We get tested in a variety of ways before we take a job, but what should be open for examination besides our technical skills? Answer this week's poll with your opinion.
2008-01-18
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Free and Cool
Two big events this week captured Steve Jones' attention. A little MySQL and Apple commentary to break up the week.
2008-01-17
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Clearing the Bar
How do you decide who gets hired? Do you get the best candidate? Steve Jones says that most of us don't necessarily hire the best person that applies for a variety of reasons.
2008-01-15
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Digital Storage
Digital technologies have made the transfer of information easier than ever, but what about it's long term storage? That doesn't seem to be as easy as we might think.
2008-01-14
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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...
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