PostgreSQL 19 Is Late
Steve notes that PostgreSQL 19 is late, but the reasons and implications extend to other platforms, and really, all other software.
2026-10-31
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Database Weekly
What Did Healthy Look Like?
Every cloud migration plan has a cutover date but very few have a record of what healthy looked like before the move, and that’s the gap that lands on your desk two weeks later.
2026-10-24
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Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
This week I hosted T-SQL Tuesday. This monthly event suggests a topic for bloggers to write about. It’s been going on for many years, and you can find more details here. https://tsqltuesday.com/ For my specific post, you can find the summaries here. T-SQL Tuesday #203 — Summary/Follow up I’ve spent 20+ years being asked questions about […]
2026-10-17
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2026-09-19
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AI Experience Gap that we keep talking about
Earlier this week, I recorded a talk called “AI: The Good, Bad, and the Future.” I talked about some of the good things that have happened with AI and some of the Bad. But what I really wanted to focus on was the future. I think many of us have heard the two letters AI […]
2026-09-12
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2026-08-22
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Managing Incidents and Fighting Fires
Managing incidents as a DBA /DB manager and some of the key things you should be doing.
2026-08-08
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Have you done a Mid year check in?
This Editorial is coming to you during an exciting birthday for the United States. If you are in the US, you are most likely celebrating the 4th of July. This is the 250th anniversary for the US, quite a milestone. I hope that all my US friends are celebrating safely and responsibly. While it is […]
2026-07-04
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2026-06-27
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Liability for AI Errors
Who is liable for mistakes made when listening to AI tooling? In at least one case, Steve isn't sure.
2026-06-13
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Blogs
A New Word: Semaphorism
By Steve Jones
semaphorism – n. a conversational hint that you have something personal to say on...
SQL Server Linux Container Images Got Smaller: Image Size and Startup Time Across Cumulative Updates
This week I was at PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle, and I attended...
Using AI to Build Semantic Models, Ontologies, and Fabric Data Agents
By James Serra
(This is the third post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
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Question of the Day
Adding Bits I
I have a table, dbo.bittest, where I am testing an application response. This has this structure:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[BitTest] ( [insertdate] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF__BitTest__insertd__300F11AC] DEFAULT (getdate()), [a] [bit] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOMy application runs this code:
INSERT dbo.BitTest
(
insertdate,
a
)
VALUES
(DEFAULT, 'true')
GO
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