Another Reason to Hate Ads
Malicious code embedded inside advertisements served on the web. What's next?
2007-12-13
62 reads
Editorials
The Downside of Real Time
Everyone wants real time reporting, or do they? Steve Jones talks about some of the downsides of implementing such a system.
2007-12-12
115 reads
Do We Need a PK?
A primary key is a must for every table. Or is it? Steve Jones examines the question.
2007-12-11
434 reads
Hipp, Hipp, Hooray
In an age where commercial interests seem to trump all, it's nice to see someone delivering content out there for free.
2007-12-10
109 reads
All I Want For Christmas Is ...
What do IT workers want for Christmas? Let us know in this Friday's poll.
2007-12-07
53 reads
A Smart Smartphone
Cell phones are great communication tools, but that's mostly what they do, even for IT folks. But Steve Jones talks about some other possibilities and potential problems.
2007-12-06
45 reads
Breaking Things Apart
Microsoft is unbundling their new hypervisor from Windows. Could this happen with SQL Server?
2007-12-05
40 reads
The Weekly Update for Dec 2, 2007
A few notes and comments on the database news from the previous week.
2007-12-03
15 reads
The 5 Stages of Volunteering
Volunteers are important to ensuring the success of so many organizations. IT-based organizations, such as user groups, are no different. Steve Jones leads you through a few of the stages of being a volunteer and hopes more of you will participate in your local area.
2007-11-29
49 reads
2007-11-28
78 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
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