Wildcards

Backups and Consistency

I wrote about transactional consistency recently. Why do we need this?
Imagine that I have an orders table and an ordersdetail...

It Starts with Version Control

Steve Jones knows that good development practices require lots of skill and practice, but the basis for stability with your code is version control. He talks about some reasons why you might want to implement it.

Testing Skills

How can you measure someone's DBA skills? Steve Jones comments on a new technique that someone suggested to him.

Powershell in a Month – Day 2, Help

This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about Powerhsell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a...

Time for Learning

Today Steve Jones talks about the time required to increase your skills and debates about what time you need to invest each year to gain knowledge.

Powershell in a month – Day 1

I got started on Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month of Lunches at lunch one day. Working at home...

Runtime Code

Do you test your code? What about code that is generated by applications and executed at runtime. Is that tested well? Steve Jones wonders.

T-SQL Tuesday #48–Cloud Atlas

I never saw the movie, though it’s on my list to watch sometime. I love the Wachowski’s as directors.
This month...

Cyberwar

Today Steve Jones talks about the prospect of cyberwar and the potential impacts on corporate systems. Perhaps we ought to be building better, more secure software.