2022-01-14
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Editorials
Coding for the Future
Writing code that solves problems and adapts to the future is a challenge, but it's something we should think about.
2022-01-12
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Teams Security Issues
There are a few security issues in the Teams application from Microsoft, and Steve notes that some of the push for new features can be a problem in this area.
2022-01-10
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Where the World Takes You
We're launching into a new year and there are lots of "looking into the future" articles out there. Personally, I'm pretty jazzed for the coming year for any number of reasons (can you say "SQL Server 2022"?). However, I also get a little retrospective at times like this. Now, I'm not going to talk about […]
2022-01-08
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What Were Your 2021 Wins
The first poll question of the year has Steve asking you to look back at 2021 and pick something good that happened.
2022-01-07
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Challenging Trends
Steve notes the changes in the world might affect how to view and use data in our work.
2022-01-05
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Data Cleanup
Steve wishes we could do some data cleanup and archival every year. Or even more often.
2022-01-03
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Education to solve the tech skills shortage
I’ve been teaching T-SQL to groups of students since 2014 at the non-profit LaunchCode in St. Louis. LaunchCode provides free tech training, paid apprenticeships, and career support to hundreds of people who have the ability and interest but not always the opportunity to land tech careers. For example, not having a college degree can eliminate […]
2021-12-31
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2021-12-31
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2021-12-29 (first published: 2017-03-24)
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Blogs
Friday Flyway Tips: Chaining Commands for State-based Deployments
By Steve Jones
One of the cool things I’ve seen with the new Flyway CLI is that...
A New Word: Querinous
By Steve Jones
querinous – adj. longing for a sense of certainty in a relationship; wishing there...
Forums
I need help accessing my local SQLExpress
My PC has been causing me problems for months. I've told my desktop support...
MDX SSAS Calculated measure for last totals + turnovers
I have a measure with totals for specific dates with the LastNonEmpty aggregation, and...
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I moved a table from MsSql to Postgresql that had a field defined as...
Question of the Day
SQL in an Azure VM Backup
If I use the Azure Backup service for automated backups of my SQL Servers in Azure VMs, how often can I configure log backups? (as of Dec 2024)
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