Forcing Strong Passwords
Passwords are always a challenge, but are bad passwords the users' fault? Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2016-02-17
110 reads
Editorial
Should Production Databases Be in a VCS?
Steve Jones talks version control, but from the production perspective.
2016-02-16
106 reads
An Age of AI?
The age of artificial intelligence seems to be here, but it's a little different to what we were promised.
2019-07-22 (first published: 2016-02-15)
435 reads
Zero Downtime for 2016
Someone made a call to architect zero downtime for databases. Steve Jones isn't sure this is the best thing you could do.
2016-02-15
167 reads
The Push to Upgrade from SQL Server 2005
There's a push to upgrade those SQL Server 2005 instances with support ending this April.
2016-02-12
125 reads
Reasonable Timeframes
Steve Jones talks about the timeframes for updating and fixing security problems in applications.
2016-02-11
90 reads
The Digital Woes of Public Records
Public records have been open in the past, but today's digital access might mean problems.
2016-02-09
108 reads
SQL, and Ye Shall Find
Phil Factor reflects on how hard it really is to develop a really effective database that meets the SQL Standards, and how as a result we are only beginning to realize fully the vision of relational orthogonality in databases.
2016-02-08
121 reads
Culture and Performance
Culture is important at our workplace. Steve Jones notes this can be important when trying to get the most performance from your employees.
2016-02-08
148 reads
Who's Got a Preteen SQL Server?
This week Steve Jones wonders about the age of your instances and whether you are planning on upgrades or aware of how many out of support instances you might have.
2016-02-05
188 reads
Blogs
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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ephemeral Model: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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QUOTENAME Behavior
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QUOTENAME Behavior
I use QUOTENAME() like this in code?
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(20) = 'Steve Jones' SELECT QUOTENAME(@s, '>')What is returned? See possible answers