2018-11-12
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Steve Jones
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November Data Platform Releases
At the PASS Summit, there are a few announcements of changes to the data platform.
2018-11-12
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Random Pix from the 2018 PASS Summit
A few memories from me. First, a beautiful late arrival view.
My first session feels a little lonely
It started to fill...
2018-11-12
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2018-11-12
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Data Breach Danger
Is a data breach a danger to those identified in the data. A court says no, but Steve Jones wonders if this is a bad decision.
2018-11-09 (first published: 2015-03-12)
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Data Classification in SQL Server 2019
One of the areas that Redgate is working on is making data classification easier. Microsoft added some capabilities to SSMS...
2018-11-09 (first published: 2018-10-24)
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Vote for the PASS Board of Directors
Voting is open for the PASS Board of Directors. It’s a non-event this year, with three open positions and three...
2018-11-09
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2018-11-09
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Creating a Quick Dashboard Widget
I read Carlos Robles blog on creating an Azure Data Studio (ADS) insight widget and decided to try this for...
2018-11-08
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The Cost of Switching
With so many companies looking at other platforms, when should an organization consider changing their database? Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2018-11-08 (first published: 2015-01-20)
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Blogs
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Roundup
A good week ago I hosted the monthly T-SQL Tuesday blog party. I invited...
Forums
Changes, Happiness, and a Few Tears
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BCP on Linux
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You Probably Don't Need a Vector Database
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Question of the Day
BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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