Hooks
Building hooks from your software into enterprise monitoring systems is prudent, and might save you from a few late night phone calls.
2014-08-29
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Editorial
Reverse Engineering Disasters
Preparing a disaster recovery plan means more than just trying to prevent a few specific disasters. It means turning around the way you view the world.
2014-08-28
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Smooth Database Deployment at SQL in the City 2014
SQL in the City is coming this fall to London and Seattle.
2014-08-26
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Testing is Your Best Investment
One of the things that can make a big difference in how well your software performs is testing.
2014-08-25
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The Flash Database
What is the impact of flash storage on databases? There are quite a few, but this week Steve Jones asks if SQL Server should do more to take advantage of them.
2014-08-25
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Production Subsets
Working with data in development or test environments can be challenging. This week Steve Jones asks how you might deal with the volume of data and whether you like subsets.
2022-06-01 (first published: 2014-08-22)
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Bronze Age Development
The slow pace of Visual Studio development had a number of problems over the years, but Microsoft has dramatically changed the way they build their software for the better.
2021-02-02 (first published: 2014-08-21)
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Yet Another Attack Vector
The lack of progress in amending our laws to handle the digital revolution in our leaves may leave us open to unexpected attacks.
2014-08-20
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Artist or Scientist?
In your work, are you an artist or a scientist? Steve Jones knows we need to be both, but when is each appropriate?
2021-02-03 (first published: 2014-08-19)
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Disconnecting Auditing
Currently we have system administrators responsible for securing our systems, including the auditing capabilities. However that's not the best way to ensure that we can protect our systems.
2014-08-18
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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