The Test of Time

IBM recently turned 100 years old and Steve Jones wishes more companies would try to build their business to grow to 100.

Does It Count?

This Friday Steve Jones asks how you track uptime. Does your scheduled maintenance count against your metrics?

T-SQL Tuesday #67 – Extended Events for DBCC

It’s the second Tuesday of the month and time for another T-SQL Tuesday. This time it’s #67 from Jes Borland...

DBCC and disabled indexes

More Regulation Coming?

With no end to company hack attacks in sight, will we get new regulation instead?

The Company Meeting

I’m leaving today for a trip to Cambridge, UK. I do this 2-3 times a year, but this one is...

Five Minute Refactoring

The debate over how to change code or solve a problem can create arguments that last for years. Steve Jones notes the idea of limiting debates to five minutes is interesting.

See Two Queries at Once in SSMS

I’m writing this post as a way to help motivate the #SQLNewBloggers out there. Read the bottom for a few...

The Challenges of Space

CSS Engineers at Microsoft are reporting more space issues with database systems. Steve Jones has a few comments.

The Rename Game

How often do you rename things? It seems to be more common for some than others.