The Work of Work
Meeting are work, even though we sometimes don't think of them as a productive part of our job.
2022-10-19
172 reads
Editorials
2022-10-17
97 reads
2022-10-14
163 reads
Code Supply Chain Security
Building software is becoming harder as new attacks try to inject malicious code into products.
2022-10-12
118 reads
Things I've Learned About the Cloud
Steve shares a few things he's learned from customers trying to migrate their systems to cloud computing platforms.
2022-10-10
227 reads
Learning New Technology Is Challenging
On nights and weekends, I've been playing with Arduino controllers. I have a couple of projects I'm working through (building a robot that can roll around with "eyes" to avoid obstacles). I've also been trying to work with STM32 controllers, because in a lot of ways, they're more powerful than an Arduino. However, I've hit […]
2022-10-08
104 reads
Assembling Your Own Toolbox
Building a toolbox of useful scripts and code is important for any technology professional.
2022-10-07
262 reads
The Value of Seniority
Some people might seem like they are from the future, but their experience is just shining through.
2022-10-05
160 reads
The Growth of IQP
Steve talks about some of the Intelligent Query Processing improvements in SQL Server 2022.
2022-10-03
195 reads
How Important is Software?
The user experience from our software is important. Maybe more than many developers realize.
2022-10-01
56 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