Dealing with Failure
A minor disaster in Colorado reminds Steve about the need to prepare, and think about the failure points in our preparations.
2019-03-18
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Editorial
2019-03-15
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2020-02-19 (first published: 2019-03-14)
477 reads
Badly Encrypted Databases
Database encryption is hard, and somewhat controversial. Steve thinks we ought to do a better job of it.
2019-03-13
75 reads
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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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
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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
157 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
101 reads
The Data Incident
Google and Microsoft have plans for dealing with data incidents. Steve thinks you should as well.
2019-03-06
75 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
SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SSRS Reminded Me of the...
Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers