2019-03-15
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Editorial
2020-02-19 (first published: 2019-03-14)
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Badly Encrypted Databases
Database encryption is hard, and somewhat controversial. Steve thinks we ought to do a better job of it.
2019-03-13
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Dealing with Technical Debt
Technical debt can cripple software development, much like financial debt hurts individuals and organizations. Steve wants to know if you measure your debt today.
2019-03-12
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Microservice Reality
Phil Factor argues that very few processes, even in well-established businesses, mimic the dreamy clarity and autonomy of a microservice.
2019-03-11
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Who should have Sysadmin rights?
The point of this article is that only service accounts and/or specific network sql admin accounts should have sysadmin rights.
2019-03-11
440 reads
Databasee Brainstorming
We sometimes need to think differently about different situations. Steve notes that we might approach the way we solve problems in new ways.
2019-03-08
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2019-03-07
78 reads
The Data Incident
Google and Microsoft have plans for dealing with data incidents. Steve thinks you should as well.
2019-03-06
50 reads
The Creepiness of AI
It seems that many companies are implementing AI into their systems. Steve notes that this isn't always a good idea.
2019-03-05
63 reads
Blogs
What’s my MAC Address in a Command Prompt?–#SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for...
You don’t need a blockchain
After writing several posts about a neat feature in Azure SQL called system-versioned ledger...
Daily Coping 27 Oct 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Forums
Setting Up SQL Server 2019 for Optimal Performance
Hi I have a very large database (600GB) that I am looking at creating. ...
Restart SSA in a job?
Hi, I have a job that rebuilds indexes after a refresh of a replicated...
Intermittent sqlmail success - troubleshooting
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (SP2-GDR) (KB4583460) - 13.0.5103.6 (X64) SQLMail Account configured with SSL...
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