The Work of the Ancients
We tend to keep data around for a long time. Today Steve Jones is looking to see how long you've kept your databases around.
2019-10-11 (first published: 2015-10-02)
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Editorial
Have a Think
It's easy for most of us to get caught up in work and not stop to think about the larger picture, or the longer term. Steve Jones thinks you should make time for both of these.
2019-10-24 (first published: 2015-10-01)
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2015-09-30
500 reads
Are you a Data Scientist?
A data scientist needs some specialized skills. Today Steve Jones talks a bit about the requirements to be good at this job.
2019-05-01 (first published: 2015-09-29)
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2015-09-28
123 reads
No Time for Testing
Testing software is important, but we always seem to find reasons not to. Steve Jones has a few thoughts about testing.
2023-01-02 (first published: 2015-09-28)
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Logging Tables
Today Steve Jones looks at the need to log data from an application or process. Are there good and bad ways to design the structures to log information?
2019-11-05 (first published: 2015-09-25)
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Data Masking for Convenience
Steve Jones talks a bit about the new data masking feature in SQL Server 2016 and how useful it can be.
2015-09-24
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Everyone is a Target
Today Steve Jones looks at the targeted attacks by hackers against individual security professionals.
2015-09-23
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Data Sprawl
The challenges of data growth and sprawl can be compounded by the variety of tools and platforms available. Steve Jones notes that you might need to learn a bit about different technologies.
2015-09-22
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers