The Details are in the Small Print
Phil Factor on the rewards of learning the zen-like skill of writing, reading and understanding IT documentation.
2017-03-13
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Editorial
Only as Good as Your Auditor
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about auditing your organization.
2017-03-10
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Database Cattle
Steve Jones says you should treat your database servers like cattle. It makes life easier.
2017-03-09
353 reads
The Migration Checklist
Today Steve Jones talks about the checklist you would want if you needed to move a SQL Server instance to new hardware.
2017-03-08
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2017-03-07
90 reads
Containing the Work
Containers are valuable in many software domains. Are there places we, as data professionals, would like to use software containment?
2017-03-06
106 reads
Creative IT Learning
If a successful IT career is just as much about tenacity, interest and retention as it is about brainpower, then how does one go about continuous learning?
2017-03-06
114 reads
Null Defaults
Today Steve Jones asks what default values you might choose for new columns in a table.
2017-03-03
134 reads
Why I am Excited about SQL Server on Linux
Read why Solomon Rutzky is excited about SQL Server running on Linux.
2017-03-02
588 reads
Detecting Issues
How do you detect issues in your systems? Testing? Monitoring? Steve Jones has a few thoughts that we should find ways to do so before our customers.
2026-03-02 (first published: 2017-03-01)
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Blogs
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The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
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RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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