The First Day of the Week

Protecting Schools

Schools often lack resources and struggle to protect themselves. An interview shows one district doing well, with some lessons for those of us in other organizations.

A New Word: Symptomania

symptomania – n. the fantasy that there’s some elaborate diagnosis out there that neatly captures the kind of person you are, tying together your many flaws and contradictions into...

Midsummer Fun

Steve has some book and media recommendations during this summer period.

Polyglot Persistence

I’ve seen the term polyglot persistence floating around Redgate a bit recently in the marketing department. I haven’t really seen this term anywhere, and I wonder if you have....

Which is a table?

Inside SQL Server Backup and Restore History Pruning with sp_delete_backuphistory

I had a customer that was looking to document a restore that had occurred on one of their systems and didn’t see it. They had concerns about SQL Server...

The Variable DateName

Xp_cmdshell Use Cases

Today Steve asks for the ways in which you use xp_cmdshell in your environment.

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