Secure Storage
How do you keep the passwords and keys for encrypted data safe? Steve Jones comments on the challenges of working with keys and passwords.
2009-04-28
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Editorial - iPod
The Best High Availability
Clustering is often the first choice for high availability, but is it the best choice? A lot of people think so, but Steve Jones has other thoughts.
2009-04-27
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All-Access
A licensing scheme from Embarcadero catches Steve Jones' eye. He comments on a great way for the company to work with customers.
2009-04-26
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Interfaces
The interface is crucial for getting data in and out of a system. Steve Jones talks a little about past interfaces and possible future ones.
2009-04-22
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Manage Your Career
The person responsible for your career is you. Steve Jones gives you a few thoughts on how you might approach your career.
2009-04-21
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Take Advantage of Hard Times
With the economy in a downturn, Steve Jones talks about what you might want to do to be pro-active with your projects.
2009-04-20
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Giving Back
Steve Jones takes a minute today to congratulate Brian Knight and the Pragmatic Works Foundation for their efforts in giving back to the community.
2009-04-19
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Lassoing a Cloud
Steve Jones ends a "Week in the Clouds" with a poll asking if you might have changed your mind about using a cloud version of SQL Server.
2009-04-16
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Dreaming of Clouds
Day four of a "Week in the Clouds" has Steve Jones dreaming of some exciting possibilities for SQL Server and cloud computing.
2009-04-15
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Becoming a Google Earth
Continuing on with a "Week in the Clouds", today Steve Jones discusses some of the challenges of cloud computing.
2009-04-14
532 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #190–Mastering a New Technical Skill
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this time Todd Kleinhans has a great...
Getting Started with the MSSQL AI Agent in VS Code
By Steve Jones
Recently I was working in VS Code and I saw a walkthrough for the...
Summer Speaking Summary 2025
By alevyinroc
In the blink of an eye, summer has passed. I don’t know about you,...
Forums
Azure elastic query credential question
I am trying to check out elastic query between two test instances we have...
Change Tracking Data Retention Options
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Question of the Day
Change Tracking Data Retention Options
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=4 xxx);What are the possible choices for xxx? See possible answers