How Far Have You Traveled for a SQL Saturday?
This Friday Steve Jones talks SQL Saturdays and asks how far you've traveled to attend one.
2016-07-29
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Editorial
Too Much Information for Sports
Gathering too much data isn't always helpful, and doesn't necessarily help you make better decisions. However, that's up to you to decide how much is too much.
2016-07-28
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Learning to Search
Today Steve Jones notes that the ability to search if invaluable as the amount of information, or even objects, we deal with grows.
2016-07-27
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A Buggy Release
Releasing software is stressful, and as Steve Jones notes today, can cause bankruptcy if you don't have a solid process.
2016-07-26
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2016-07-25
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Where's the Unit Testing?
Today Steve Jones wonders why we don't unit test more, especially for databases.
2016-07-25
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How do you know when it is time to leave a job?
Today we have a guest editorial from Ben Kubicek as Steve is traveling out of town. I discovered I had stayed at a job about two years too long. Why was that?
2016-07-22
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The Relentless Cloud
The march to the cloud is ongoing and Steve Jones says you should prepare yourself. Even if your company doesn't move.
2016-07-20
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Scary Deployments
Today Steve Jones talks about the problem of having code that people are afraid to change or deploy.
2016-07-19
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Security is Getting Serious
Today Steve Jones notes that back doors could be inserted into chips, which would be a huge problem.
2016-07-18
90 reads
Blogs
Trace Flag 1448 – Lessons from a Technical Interview
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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