Lowering the Noise

We are busy as administrators, and it can be very useful to ensure our systems avoid adding to our workload.

SQL in the City is coming Feb 28

The next edition of the SQL in the City broadcast is coming Feb 28, and I’m planning travel now to...

Validating Parameters

Critical SQL Server Patches for Meltdown and Spectre

Everyone needs to learn about these hardware bugs and apply patches as soon as possible.

IoT Increases Efficiency

IoT can help us better manage our world.

No Default CONTEXT_INFO()

I was doing a little testing of Row-Level Security (RLS) for the stairway, and one of the ways that some...

Are You Always Up?

This week Steve discusses uptime, RPO and RTO.

Better Security with dbatools

I really like the dbatools project. This is a series of PowerShell cmdlets that are built by the community and...

Basic COUNTs 2

Advent of Code 2017 Day 5–#SQLNewBlogger

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...