Stacked Bar Charts vs. Line Graphs–Which is Better?

I ran across an interesting post from Rita Fainshtein that looked at the different types of graphs for a set of data. I thought that was interesting, so I...

What's Your Job?

Today Steve asks for the tasks, skills, and knowledge needed to do your job.

Creating Test Data

This editorial was originally published on Jan 9, 2020. It is being re-run as Steve is out of town. Test data is hard to come by, and I agree with Brent Ozar: " I get so frustrated when I hear trainers/presenters/bloggers/idealists talk about how developers should be using purpose-built-from-scratch data sets with no real customer […]

Max Managed Instance CPUs

How Many Days Can You Survive?

A disaster in LA affected many companies, some of which were innocent bystanders to the event. Steve talks about the need to have some plans in place.

Refresh Limits

A New Word: Jouska

jouska – a hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head – a crisp analysis, a devastating comeback, a cathartic heart-to-heart – which serves as a kind...

Better Communication Through Less Messaging

Steve notes that sometimes we message too often, but that's a human problem, not a tool issue.

Contained AG Databases

Restore One Backup From Many in a Device–#SQLNewBlogger

I wrote recently about finding multiple backups in a file. This post looks at how to restore one of those. The one you choose. Another post for me that...