The Principle of Least Privilege – Skill #3

This series of blog posts are related to my presentation, The Top Ten Skills You Need, which is scheduled for...

The Growth of Data Types

This week Steve Jones asks you what you think will make up the majority of your future databases? Will it be numerical data or will some other type come to dominate?

SQL Server Backups – When is it current?

I saw a post recently where someone was asking about the restore sequence for a series of backups. The scenario...

The Special Cloud

Amazon has built a cloud just for the US government. Will we see more specialized clouds in the future that might let us move some of our data to the cloud?

An Investment in Knowledge

Inspired by a quote from Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jones talks about investing in your career.

Computed Columns and UDFs

I wrote about the basics of computed columns and also using CASE in a computed column recently, but there’s a...

A Look Back at Apple

With the resignation of Steve Jobs from Apple this week, Steve Jones looks back at his memories of the tech icon.

SQL Saturday #90–Oklahoma City recap as chauffeur and speaker

I’d never been to Oklahoma City, and when Kristin Ferrier asked me to come to SQL Saturday #90 and do...

The Basic Security Model in SQL Server – Skill #3

This series of blog posts are related to my presentation, The Top Ten Skills You Need, which is scheduled for...

Database encryption