2019-04-04
661 reads
Editorial
I'm In Charge of Books Online
Today Steve has an announcement about his role in moving Books Online forward.
2019-04-01
549 reads
Containers Are The Present, Not the Future
Last week was the MVP Summit. This year included a bunch of very technical discussions about some of the future of the Microsoft Data Platform (a big thank you goes to Slava Oks, Bob Ward, and all the team for a great job). I can’t share much since it was all under NDA. All I […]
2019-03-30
509 reads
Trunk Based Database Development
Trunk based development is what many of us do with shared database servers.
2019-03-29
717 reads
Giving Computers Ethics
There is a need to ensure we decide what ethics a computer system ought to have.
2020-02-10 (first published: 2019-03-27)
259 reads
No More SQL Server Installs
Today, Steve wonders when we'll stop installing SQL Server on a host machine.
2019-03-26
1,277 reads
What's Worse than Announcing a Data Breach?
Steve has a few thoughts on what is worse than telling your boss about a data breach.
2019-03-25
153 reads
Query Tuning Assistant: A Tool for Upgrades
If you have been working with SQL Server long enough, you have probably been involved with a SQL Server 2000 to 2005 upgrade. It was painful for many shops due to the deprecation of some features like DTS and the removal of old-fashioned comma joins with the plus operator. It was worth the pain as […]
2019-03-25
1,254 reads
2019-03-22
128 reads
The V1 Team’s Doomed Redesign
A new version of an existing application doesn't always provide an upgrade.
2019-03-18
106 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: The MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, and pressing on...
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Forums
Removing production permissions when restoring database to non-prod
Hello experts, An application team has asked us to modify a SQL Agent job....
Advanced T-SQL: Replacing Slow Cursors with Window Functions
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Finding Bad Queries
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