Land Mines
Security can be a hassle, but Steve Jones talks about why we sometimes put up with the difficulties of implementing strong security.
2008-07-07
51 reads
Editorial - iPod
Enough is Enough
When do you decide that enough is enough? When does it make sense to let some bugs go and fix them later? Steve Jones comments on the decisions you sometimes make.
2008-07-06
57 reads
The Database Weekly Update for July 7, 2008
Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?
2008-07-03
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Happy 4th of July
A blooper collection of mistakes and errors from a variety of editorials on this holiday weekend.
2008-07-03
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2008-07-01
47 reads
Driving Value
Does your IT organization bring value to your company? Steve Jones takes a look at some of the ways you can do this.
2008-07-01
45 reads
Data Rich and Information Poor
Do you deal with data or information? Do you know the difference and are you transforming one into the other. Steve Jones comments on the state of many companies' data.
2008-06-30
47 reads
The June 2008 Energy Update
It's time again to take a look at energy news from an IT perspective, or at least the Steve Jones' perspective and there have been some interesting notes over the last couple months in the world of energy.
2008-06-29
489 reads
The Database Weekly Update for June 30, 2008
Steve Jones looks back at a week of news on data center infrastructure, the EF war, and SQL Server 2008 news.
2008-06-28
196 reads
The Multiple Instance Dilemna
SQL Servers seem to proliferate in many companies, making management a headache for DBAs. Steve Jones asks a Friday poll about how you handle all those service account.
2008-06-26
50 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
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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