Birds of a Feather
What makes SQL Server professionals stick together? Can we draw any conclusions from this?
2017-07-10
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Editorial
2017-07-07
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2017-07-06
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Independence Day 2017
A holiday in the US has Steve Jones thinking about compromise and communication.
2017-07-04
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2017-07-03
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Backup Preparations
This week Steve asks you to make sure you practice your restore skills periodically.
2017-07-03
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A Database Design Test
Steve Jones saw a database design test for developers, but he's never been given one.
2017-06-30
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Handling Data Corruption
This week Steve Jones wonders what you might do if you discovered data corruption.
2017-06-29
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2017-06-28
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Classifying Sensitive Data
The ability to protect, and perhaps handle, sensitive data separately from other data is becoming more important. Steve Jones discusses the process and asks if it's something you perform on a regular basis.
2017-06-27
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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...
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TRY_PARSE vs TRY_CONVERT in SQL Server: From Basics to Practical Usage
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
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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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