How Would You Rate This? - Database Weekly (Dec 29, 2008)
Steve Jones wonders if Microsoft is doing a good job with their efforts to patch SQL Server security issues?
2008-12-29
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Editorial
2008-12-26
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2008-12-24
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Smart Teaching
Do computers help us learn quicker? Do we need to in today's wired world? Steve Jones talks a little about learning in today's editorial
2008-12-23
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The Set-Based Limit
An interesting post from Linchi Shea inspires Steve Jones to comment on procedural v set-based programming.
2008-12-22
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The Best Computer
Hollywood does a great job of showing off technology that might be possible someday. This Friday Steve Jones wonders what amazing computer you'd like to have.
2008-12-19
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Guest Editorial: That ain't a Database, it's a Spreadsheet
Phil recently had to draw up a list of 'top ten' pieces of advice for programmers who were starting out as database developers. It is a difficult thing to do when one is immersed in the study of the intricacies and detail of the plumbing of SQL Server.
2008-12-18
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Versions of Disaster
Dealing with a disaster is a trying experience for anyone, but having to then worry about having the proper software installed can make things much worse. Steve Jones talks a bit about the challenges of worrying about software versions.
2013-09-12 (first published: 2008-12-17)
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Learning Priorities
Steve Jones talks a bit about the value of learning for DBAs and other IT professionals.
2008-12-16
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Career Challenges - Database Weekly (Dec 15, 2008)
This week Steve Jones sees a lot of people talking about challenges in their career.
2008-12-15
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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
Impact of Single-Threaded PVS Cleanup on ADR in SQL Server 2019
We want to enable ADR on our SQL Server 2019 instances. I’ve heard that...
Forward Deployed Engineers
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TRY_PARSE vs TRY_CONVERT in SQL Server: From Basics to Practical Usage
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Question of the Day
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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