Don’t Fear the Technology
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to be an ever present fear. The technology changes but the fear and the marketing around...
2026-10-05 (first published: 2026-09-22)
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Learning Tool – Deepstash
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key ideas, usually 10-12 per book. If I am thinking about reading a book, I check...
2026-08-27
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New article – migrating from a named instance
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to migrate to a default instance? Is there pushback on doing so? Are there concerns that...
2026-09-07 (first published: 2026-08-26)
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Take Time to Gain Perspective
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to gain perspective.
2026-08-24 (first published: 2026-08-14)
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My Social Media Rules
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of self-reflection when I realized I was spending time wastefully arguing with folks on the various...
2026-08-12
180 reads
Excellent article on securing msdb
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's why you should read it if you're a DBA or security professional.
2026-08-11
315 reads
Accept the no and move on
Here is a short emotional intelligence (EI) post for today, courtesy of Seth Godin. When we are rejected, whatever the situation, many of us want to know why. We...
2026-08-10
304 reads
Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most of the tech news. However, the Stanford Emerging Technology Review tries to include any relevant...
2026-08-19 (first published: 2026-08-04)
403 reads
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad data in production. If you’ve never been in this situation, having a plan beforehand is...
2026-08-17 (first published: 2026-07-30)
450 reads
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview) to find cryptographic weaknesses in two algorithms. However, this doesn't impact anything anyone has in...
2026-08-12 (first published: 2026-07-29)
464 reads
Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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