The State of the Cloud
The state of cloud computing is confusing and unstable. Steve Jones has a few thoughts about the good and bad things in this industry.
2013-05-06
107 reads
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The Security of You
There is a lot of data out there that is specific to an individual, none more important perhaps than biometric data. Steve Jones writes a bit about the security implications involved in working with this data. (This editorial was originally published on Nov 10, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is at SQL Bits.)
2013-05-03 (first published: 2008-11-10)
291 reads
Managing Your IT Data
A new application manages data from your IT machines and software, but doesn't use a database. Steve Jones talks a little about this. (This editorial was originally published on Jan 20, 2009. It is being re-run as Steve is at SQL Bits.)
2013-05-02 (first published: 2009-01-20)
270 reads
Factivism
There are many people trying to make the world better for others. Bono is one of them, with the elimination of hunger as his goal. He calls himself a "factivist" trying to use data to inspire others to join him.
2013-04-29
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2013-04-29
2,238 reads
Does TDE really work on MDF files?
Yes, it does. However, let’s prove it. First let’s create a database, a table, and enter some data:
-- create a...
2013-04-26 (first published: 2013-04-22)
3,424 reads
The Vacation Dilemma
Does vacation cause extra stress at your job before or after you leave? Steve Jones asks a poll question this Friday to see how you feel. This editorial was originally published on June 12, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is traveling.
2013-04-26 (first published: 2008-06-13)
383 reads
Adding Data to Filestream with T-SQL
I’ve written on how to enable Filestream and how to add a filegroup, but I haven’t touched the Filestream impact...
2013-04-25
1,366 reads
Flight Data
Travel can be stressful and complicated. As much as computer systems have made things easier, when they fail, your trip can turn awful in a hurry.
2013-04-25
120 reads
Natural Data
Can you own data itself or patent it? There's a Supreme Court case dealing with this right now. Steve Jones notes that the outcome could affect our jobs as we deal with more and more data and laws to control data are enacted.
2013-04-24
111 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
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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