Get Your Service Broker Messages in Order. Always.

Learn how you can guarantee the ordering of all messages in a Service Broker queue, regardless of conversations.

Microservices and Databases

I ran across a post on microservices recently and was intrigued. I always like the idea of loosely coupled, independent...

Source Code Security

The code you use may contain security information. Be extra careful in this case, especially when you use encryption.

Toshiba Portege Z30 Review

I saw recently that Grant Fritchey wrote a review of his laptop, the Portege Z30. I had noted Grant’s issues...

CTE Syntax

Measuring My Career

I’m going to do a shorter editorial on this, but really I think this deserves more treatment here.
I saw Brent...

The April Blogger Challenge

I’d encourage you to take Ed Leighton-Dick’s challenge to blog in April. Read his post, start writing, and put your...

Efficiency

This Friday Steve Jones asks about how you are tackling your career growth as you get older. Are you getting more efficient?

Secure Checks

Are There That Many GUIDs?

Steve Jones talks about a recent survey that showed more people use GUIDs as primary keys than identity values.