MatrixDB
A new feature for SQL Server? Steve Jones talks about a very interesting job posting from Microsoft.
2008-05-21
33 reads
Editorial - iPod
2008-05-20
32 reads
Who Built This Thing?
Do the people that build SQL Server really work with it? Steve Jones shares a short story from a recent trip to the Pacific Northwest.
2008-05-19
37 reads
The Best Way to Find Quality People
How can you find good employees? Steve Jones offers a few tips on what has worked for him in the past.
2008-05-18
33 reads
Database Weekly Update for May 19, 2008
Steve Jones looks at the performance of column changes, petaflop computing, and a few ways to beef up your DBA skills.
2008-05-17
41 reads
A Worthwhile Goal
Steve Jones talks about two competing priorities for many people that start at a new job and asks which one you value more in this Friday poll.
2008-05-15
32 reads
2008-05-14
34 reads
Encrypting Data
Encrypting data is the easy part of dealing with encryption and databases. Steve Jones talks about some of the other, more difficult, issues you must handle.
2008-05-13
39 reads
The CLR
The CLR was one of the highly touted additions to SQL Server 2005, and one of the reasons for its long development cycle. Steve Jones comments on why it hasn't been that widely used.
2008-05-12
30 reads
Boycott
Steve Jones asks for some opinions on how to approach the new timeframe of software releases.
2008-05-11
31 reads
Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Forums
Intermittent Service Freezes and "State 23" Authentication Failure
Environment: SQL Server: 2019 Enterprise (15.0.4430.1) OS: Windows Server 2022 Standard (Build 20348) Virtualization:...
SQL Server audit with windows ad group
I am trying to create a filter on a SQL Server audit to capture...
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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