We can't all use duct tape
I read The Duct Tape Programmer from Joel Spolsky recently, and I thought he made some good points. Then I...
2009-10-12
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Blog Posts
Here Comes SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando
Here it comes! The big event on my schedule SQLSaturday #21 –Orlando. We’ve got over 300 registered so it should...
2009-10-11
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OT: Rewriting History
I’ve been blogging for a few months. During that time I’ve received comments about my grammar, sentence construction and paragraph...
2009-10-11
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Twitter – Should I Twy It?
I try to be balanced on new technology and ideas, trying to find the middle ground between hype and usefulness,...
2009-10-11
390 reads
3 Weeks to the PASS Summit
The PASS Summit is only three weeks away and I’m getting awfully excited. It’s not too late to register. Heck,...
2009-10-10
639 reads
Another Book
Well, part of one anyway. I wrote three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book, Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration. I...
2009-10-10
551 reads
SQL Saturday #21 and Tampa Code Camp 2009
A couple upcoming events I'll presenting at...
SQL Saturday #21 on October 17th in Orlando
I'm amazed at how SQL Saturday has grown...
2009-10-10
387 reads
Adventures in SQL CLR and C#
I’ve toyed with the CLR in SQL Sever 2005 off and on since the first Yukon beta had it enabled....
2009-10-09
2,841 reads
Baton Rouge October SQL Server User Group
Last night I presented, Monitoring Disk Space using CLR, to the Baton Rouge Area SQL Server User Group. There were...
2009-10-09
729 reads
New Dell PowerEdge R710 Database Server
My long awaited new database server arrived today! It has two, quad-core Xeon X5550 processors, 72GB of DDR3 RAM, and...
2009-10-09
1,796 reads
Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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Secure Communications
As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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