2002-02-15
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Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, skiing, volleyball
Advanced T-SQL for SQL Server 2000
A new T-SQL Bible that is a must have for SQL Server DBAs. Read a review of this book.
2002-01-23
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How does the Identity property work?
If you are like most DBAs, you have probably implemented some type of hash function for some of your tables at one time or another. This article takes a look behind the scenes as to how the Identity property works.
2002-01-17
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2002-01-11
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Worst Practices - Encrypting Data
Continuing with the Worst Practices Series: Steve Jones examines why encryption in the database is a bad idea.
2002-01-08
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50 Ways to Confuse, Worry, or just Scare People in a computer lab.
Things your non-technical friends don't want to hear in the lab...
2002-01-04
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Fixing Your Identity
If you use identity values, chances are that at some point you will need to find more information about the next value or reset the seed. This article looks at how you can accomplish this.
2001-12-31
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Worst Practices - Depending on the GUI
One of the strengths of SQL Server is its ease of management and administration over other systems. Oracle, DB2, even early versions of SQL Server required command line mastery to make many types of changes. But should you really be using the GUI for most of your tasks?
2001-12-04
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2001-11-16
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Point-Counterpoint - Why you Should be Certified.
In this view, Steve thinks that certifications are invaluable (especially in this economy).
2001-11-13
3,406 reads
Blogs
Denver Dev Day Oct 2024 Slides
By Steve Jones
Here are the slides from my talk today: CI in Azure DevOps If you...
Should I Learn PostgreSQL
By Steve Jones
I got asked this question recently: I constantly see PostgreSQL on Microsoft slides, email,...
A New Word: Hickering
By Steve Jones
hickering – n. the habit of falling hard for whatever pretty new acquaintance happens...
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