The Wide Impact of PASS
An organization, or an event, is more than just the name and structure. It's mostly the people.
2020-11-21
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Grant Fritchey
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What's Causing the Pushback with DevOps?
The term DevOps gets horribly abused. Don’t get me started on all the weird additions to it like DevSecOps. No, I just mean the term itself gets beaten up quite a lot. It’s to the point where people are starting to shy away from talking about it. I’ve even changed my approach when discussing DevOps […]
2020-10-24
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Clownpocalypse and DR
Today we have a guest editorial as Steve is out of town at the PASS Summit. Grant looks at disasters and being prepared.
2020-10-20 (first published: 2016-10-24)
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New Stuff Can Be Scary
I'm learning how to be a net controller for a high frequency (HF) radio network. Nets are a fun way to make lots of contacts quickly. Taking part in a net is simple. You check in with the net control and then you can answer calls or make calls (different nets have different rules). It's […]
2020-09-26
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Solving Real Problems
Today we have a guest editorial where Grant talks about being effective and practical in your world.
2020-09-17
161 reads
Emergency Preparedness
Being prepared for things to go wrong is important, more so these days than in much of our past.
2020-09-04
88 reads
Learning Isn’t Easy, But It’s Vital
This week Grant notes that we need to work on our learning skills, especially as the world continues to drive forward.
2020-08-29
200 reads
2020-08-01
112 reads
I Read Quite a Bit
Today Grant talks about the challenges of sometimes finding good, current information.
2020-06-15
122 reads
2020-05-09
137 reads
Blogs
In Memory of Andrew Clarke, AKA Phil Factor
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A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
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Minimum Change Tracking Retention
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Minimum Change Tracking Retention
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=xxx);What is the minimum amount of time I can set? See possible answers