Losing Data
As data professionals, we want to avoid losing data. We won't always be successful, but we can avoid making the easy mistakes.
2013-06-17
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Steve Jones
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SQL in the City Goes Mobile
This week is the kickoff of the third year of SQL in the City from Red Gate. As we have...
2013-06-17
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Trust
Why does the IT industry seem to act and run so differently than many other industries? Steve Jones takes a stab at explaining this.
2013-06-17
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Do You Want a Meritocracy at Work?
The best at their crafts are usually the most rewarded in sports, but not necessarily in other fields. This week Steve Jones asks if you would like it to be different?
2013-06-14
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Data Vision
Computer vision has been something that researchers have worked on for years. We have no shortage of cameras, and we are starting to see the computing systems behind these devices starting to actually understand what is being seen. That understanding is very valuable. Will we see something similar happening in our SQL Server technologies?
2013-06-12
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The Watson Service
IBM's Watson project continues to grow and the latest implementation might be one that affects many of us in our daily lives.
2013-06-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #43–Hello, Operator?
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time, and this one is a bit of a challenge for me. Rob Farley is hosting, and...
2013-06-11
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No R2
The next version of SQL Server was announced last week and Steve Jones is pleased with the name.
2013-06-10
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The Decision to Fail
When a disaster occurs, the response from your organization isn't always pre-determined. There are times when you might not want to failover to secondary systems, especially if you don't expect the disaster to last long. How do you decide when to fail over?
2013-06-07
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Quickly Copy Data
Moving data around can be a challenge as the sizes of our databases grow. Steve Jones talks about some of the challenges and some creative ways you might consider moving data.
2013-06-06
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Blogs
In Memory of Andrew Clarke, AKA Phil Factor
By Steve Jones
One of the parts of getting older that really sucks is I seem to...
Leading Through the Noise: Harnessing Data in the Age of Digital Overload
By Chris Yates
The New Leadership Frontier In today’s digital landscape, leaders are no longer just visionaries....
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Forums
taking the rcsi dive
Hi, we put together an extract that runs every 15 minutes against what i...
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022
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Minimum Change Tracking Retention
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Question of the Day
Minimum Change Tracking Retention
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=xxx);What is the minimum amount of time I can set? See possible answers