It's nice to be able to choose what you want, or what might fit you better. Too much choice, however, can be a bad thing, even in software where it seems we could have unlimited choices. Steve Jones tasks about the need to limit choice.
2009-12-06
1,131 reads
For a fun Friday poll, what type of SQL or database related name would you give to yourself or someone else? Steve Jones asks the question after someone sends an email about naming their new boat with a SQL name.
2009-11-27
1,085 reads
Maintaining a professional network can take some effort from you, but the modern social networking tools can help. Steve Jones talks about some of the benefits from keeping in touch with other professionals this way.
2009-11-25
1,051 reads
We aren't necessarily liable for data breaches at our company, but will that last forever? Steve Jones talks about some things that you might want implement to ensure that you aren't liable if there ever is a security issue.
2009-11-24
1,602 reads
When you have a team of people working together to manage systems, communication becomes important. Steve Jones notes that a lack of working with each other and letting the rest of the team know what you are doing can cause unnecessary work for others.
2009-11-23
1,074 reads
Would you like to have only SQL Server Authentication on your instances? That's the subject of this Friday's poll.
2009-11-20
3,164 reads
Software licensing can be complex and confusing. Even in Windows and SQL Server, where hard limits are not enforced, people have problems determining how they should license software. Steve Jones talks about what vendors could do to help us.
2009-11-19
2,933 reads
Why attend a conference? After the PASS Summit and SQL Connections, Steve Jones shares a few thoughts about the benefits of attending a conference for employees.
2009-11-17
1,239 reads
It seems that many companies don't have the luxury of working with a variety of hardware configurations to test their architecture before deploying their applications. Some of the issues involve time and some involve tools. Steve Jones has an idea that could help with the latter today.
2009-11-16
2,954 reads
This Friday Steve Jones has a poll for the programmers and hybrid DBAs out there. If you work with code, why do you use C#? Or why not?
2009-11-13
1,085 reads
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I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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