Annoying Your Best Customers

Why haven't I updated the build list for SQL Server 2008 with SP1? Read on...
Today I got a press release...

Database Mirroring

Ruthless

Managing your time is a skill that is important in your career. Steve Jones talks a little today about why you might want to develop this skill.

Ruthless

Managing your time is a skill that is important in your career. Steve Jones talks a little today about why you might want to develop this skill.

Ruthless

Managing your time is a skill that is important in your career. Steve Jones talks a little today about why you might want to develop this skill.

Why Tape is Good

I write an editorial about why I thought tape still had a place in backups . There were some interesting responses that said disk works well for them and they wouldn’t go back to tape. I used to think the density was a big deal, along with cost, but maybe...

Managing Risk

Evaluating risk is something we do every day. Steve Jones talks a bit about using this to make ourselves better.

The Data Janitor

I was joking with Buck Woody on Facebook the other day and he mentioned he’d been a data janitor at...

Data Type Conversions

Lately I’ve gotten a lot of questions submitted to SQLServerCentral that have dealt with weird data type issues. We had...

Exploring SQL Server 2008’s Filtered Indexes

One of the most interesting features in SQL Server 2008 is filtered indexes. This article starts with a quick explanation and then digs into the details and results.