Keep It All
We could use more intelligence in our backup systems, since we don't need to keep all those files.
2018-04-20
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Editorial
The Right Connection
Making a connection to the wrong database had disastrous results for Travis-CI.
2022-09-28 (first published: 2018-04-19)
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Good Security Needs Layers
A good security system needs layers since our applications and platforms don't exist in a vacuum.
2018-04-18
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Machine Learning Challenges
Machine Learning is an exciting branch of computer science, but it doesn't solve all our problems.
2018-04-17
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In Depth Learning at the PASS Summit
The pre-conference sessions for the 2018 PASS Summit were released.
2018-04-16
74 reads
Desperation on the Forums
Grant talks about the challenges of helping people in online forums and getting them to learn rather than grab the first solution.
2018-04-16
143 reads
2018-04-13
76 reads
Considering Other Views
When we build software, are we empathetic to how others (literally) view our software?
2018-04-12
85 reads
2018-04-11
62 reads
2018-04-10
168 reads
Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
Forums
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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