Lost Data
Steve Jones talks about the loss of data, and how it can impact your life. And why you want to be sure that your restores are ready in the event of a disaster.
2010-07-01
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Editorial
On Being the 2009 Exceptional DBA
A guest editorial from Josef Richberg, winner of the Exceptional DBA contests in 2009.
2010-06-30
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The Breakfast Plan Goes Awry
A simple motivational plan goes sideways in this guest editorial from Andy Warren.
2010-06-29
190 reads
The Great Forum Debate
Phil discusses the pros and cons of the traditional versus stack overflow-style model for forum debate, and wonders whether there is a database model that would support all these different forms of discussion, or cooperative work, so that we can simply fit the 'visualization' to the nature of the particular discussion.
2010-06-28
93 reads
Kudos to the Community
Steve Jones takes a day to thank everyone that donates their time to help others in the community.
2010-06-28
73 reads
The Phantom DBA
This week Steve Jones has a poll about the difficulties in getting the DBA position into companies. What's your current opinion of this profession?
2010-06-25
307 reads
Dinosaur Databases
Do you work on a database system that's a dinosaur? A recent article called out RDBMSse as dinosaurs, but Steve Jones doesn't think that's correct.
2010-06-24
410 reads
We Still Need Human Judgment
Computers aren't necessarily more infallible than humans, and they aren't necessarily even going to make better decisions. We still need humans in the decision process.
2014-12-08 (first published: 2010-06-23)
191 reads
The Schema Debate
There was quite a bit of debate over the use of schemas recently on the Internet. Steve Jones talks about some of the reasons why you might want a schema, and a few reasons why you might not.
2010-06-22
634 reads
Making Your Career Go Further
Steve Jones comments on a few things that can help you, and are worth keeping in mind as you interact with people.
2010-06-21
244 reads
Blogs
SQL Server 2025 RegEx and AI
By Steve Jones
One of the language changes in SQL Server 2025 that I’ve seen a lot...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: SQL Server 2025 Backup Changes
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month, but I decided to put my own entry in as...
Why Databases Still Fascinate Me
By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
Forums
Columnstore index question
Hi experts, I’ve been going through several articles and videos about Columnstore indexes, but...
Transactional Replication
Recently stood up a 2022 Enterprise server. Have 8 publications with subscriptions on a...
Member was not found in the cube when the string
Hey, I've not done a cube for many years but I find myself supporting...
Question of the Day
Identify a Slipstream Installation
I get a new SQL Server instance from my build team. How can I tell if the instance was installed using a slipstream installation later?
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