Six Months

“Show up for work on time for six months and then we’ll talk. Until then, I have four words for...

Windows 7 v the iPad

No, I didn’t buy an iPad, but I have to say on a trip to the Apple Store this week...

Would You Like a Stay Interview?

For this Friday poll, Steve Jones talks about an interesting concept. The "stay interview."

A Identity Bug

Someone asked an interesting question recently. If they had this code:
if OBJECT_ID('aa') is not null
   drop table aa
create table...

Man in the MIddle

Are you worried about man in the middle attacks on your database server? If you run Oracle you should be, but SQL Server DBAs should not assume they are safe. Adding communication encryption can be a good idea for SQL Server DBAs.

Backup Compression in SQL Server 2008 – The Complete Presentation

From the PASS 2010 Summit Survey: 29% of people want a presentation on backup compression. OK, here it is.

Turn it...

Regular Service

Steve Jones feels that we ought to get regular service packs from Microsoft to support SQL Server. Not everyone agrees. Do you?

Concrete Code

When building a new database or system, are you designing concrete code? Should you be? Steve Jones comments on matching your needs with your architecture.

One Trip Booked – TechEd 2010

Tia thinks I’m crazy to book early, but I like to have a choice of flights, and I like to...

The PASS Summit Survey Results 2010

I hope there will be more surveys, so I’ll tag this as 2010. The results were released recently, and there...