DEF CON SQL
An impromptu hacking session, in response to an inexplicably-changed password, reminds Rodney Landrum of some valuable lessons for every DBA.
2013-08-05
119 reads
Editorial
The School Year
This Friday Steve Jones looks forward to the rest of the year. It's almost time for school and do you have plans? Should you be making some plans?
2013-08-02
107 reads
The Human Touch
Humans are often the weakest links in any computer process, but we do need human input. Steve Jones talks about a few issues, and how we should be changing our workflow to reduce issues.
2013-08-01
127 reads
Less QA?
It seems that QA is being cut more and more as software development advances. Is that a good thing? Steve Jones has some thoughts.
2017-05-12 (first published: 2013-07-31)
211 reads
Flying high on the Big Data hot-air
Today Phil Factor talks about Big Data, and all the hype that's in the news.
2013-07-30
273 reads
How to understand NoSQL Databases
Today we have a guest editorial from Phil Factor that looks at NoSQL databases.
2013-07-29
544 reads
Some Relevant PowerShell Books
Phil Factor leafs through a few of his PowerShell books in his library, and considers which are his favorites
2013-07-29
147 reads
What Counts for a DBA: Baselines
It is very difficult to pinpoint what ails a server, just by looking at a single snapshot of the data, or to spot retrospectively what caused the problem by examining aggregated data for the server, collected over many months. The answer? Baselines.
2013-07-22
542 reads
Hiring Heterogeneously
Hiring a diverse group of people can make your team work better. Steve Jones has a few thoughts today.
2017-08-15 (first published: 2013-07-22)
202 reads
DR Failovers
We don't often predict for disasters, which is good since we rarely have extensive plans for dealing with them. If we do, do we actually test our plans, or test the systems under full load?
2013-07-19
132 reads
Blogs
Google – NotebookLM on ThakurVinay blog
By Vinay Thakur
Google has contributed a lot of stuff/enhancement on its portfolio, google is no longer...
Distance Metrics for Semantic Similarity Searches in SQL Server 2025
Next up in my series talking about The Burrito Bot is diving into the...
The end of an era – why I chose not to renew my MVP
By DataOnWheels
Two years ago, two things happened within a few days of each other. I...
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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ephemeral Model: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
QUOTENAME Behavior
I use QUOTENAME() like this in code?
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(20) = 'Steve Jones' SELECT QUOTENAME(@s, '>')What is returned? See possible answers