Encrypting Data
Encrypting data is the easy part of dealing with encryption and databases. Steve Jones talks about some of the other, more difficult, issues you must handle.
2008-05-14
970 reads
Editorial
The CLR
The CLR was one of the highly touted additions to SQL Server 2005, and one of the reasons for its long development cycle. Steve Jones comments on why it hasn't been that widely used.
2008-05-13
603 reads
Boycott?
Steve Jones asks for some opinions on how to approach the new timeframe of software releases.
2008-05-12
156 reads
2013-03-08 (first published: 2008-05-09)
175 reads
Planes, Trains, and Cows?
New technologies often bring with them lots of new data. Steve Jones talks about some changes that we might see with new RFID technology being deployed in some industries.
2008-05-08
71 reads
Recognizing Talent
Microsoft made a sizeable big for Yahoo and Steve Jones talks about one of the more interesting aspects of that bid that didn't receive much press.
2008-05-07
115 reads
Getting Organized
As DBAs we should be very detail oriented, but Steve Jones talks about some challenges with keeping up with your tasks and projects and some software that might help.
2008-05-06
201 reads
Database Weekly - May 5, 2008
A look back at the news of the past week dealing with SQL Injection, slow SQL Server growth and two level security.
2008-05-05
43 reads
The Shortage of Programmers
Steve Jones thinks that programmers should be able to negotiate any deal they can and Joel Spolsky has no reason to be upset. This editorial was originally published on May 12, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is on vacation.
2012-12-26 (first published: 2008-05-05)
481 reads
Managing Disk Space
How often do you worry about your database size and free space? Steve Jones asks how you administer your SQL Server database space this Friday.
2008-05-02
1,088 reads
Blogs
Set Theory vs. Batch Mode in SQL Server
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Monday Monitor Tips: The Jobs Report
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A customer wanted a report they could email to their boss about jobs, something...
Automating SQL Maintenance: How DevOps Principles Reduce Downtime
By Chris Yates
In the world of modern data infrastructure, SQL databases remain the backbone of enterprise...
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