A Staffing Disaster
An Azure datacenter had a failure after an incident, partially because they didn't have enough people. Steve notes that staffing is a challenge in many ways.
2023-09-29
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Editorials
How Much Code Can You Review?
Code reviews are a part of many developers' lives, but is there a limit to what you can do effectively?
2023-09-27 (first published: 2017-01-27)
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Running a Service
The way we view our jobs might change how we do them. Steve has some advice on how to think about the work you do.
2023-09-27
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2023-09-27 (first published: 2017-01-30)
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Are You Worried About AI?
Many people are worried for their future career prospects with the growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in many situations. Steve doesn't think that AI is going to take over the world, but it might affect your future opportunities.
2023-09-25
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Gentlest of Reminders, Don't Stop Learning
I was on the road for just over two weeks. I was able to travel around to a few places and present some sessions. But, better than that, thanks to SQL Konferenz, I was able to go to a couple of sessions and learn some stuff. I'm lucky/cursed in my position at Redgate. We have […]
2023-09-23
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If You Build It, Will They Use Linux?
Microsoft built SQL Server on Linux. Are people coming to use it? Are you?
2023-09-22
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Flexing for the Cloud
The cloud requires new skills, but it's also using a lot of what you know. Ask questions, learn, and then help evaluate if it makes sense for your situation.
2023-09-20
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2023-09-18
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Servicing SQL Server
I've been traveling in Europe this week, partially for holiday and partially for work. It's been a nice break, and it's always interesting to experience the world in different places, away from the United States where I've spent most of my life. I get to come often, and I enjoy the experience, but I'm sometimes […]
2023-09-16
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Blogs
A New Word: Ghough
By Steve Jones
ghough – n. a hollow place in your psyche that can never be filled;...
T-SQL Tuesday: Encryption and Data Protection
I have the honour of hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday. In case there’s any...
Parameterize your Databricks notebooks with widgets
Widgets provide a way to parameterize notebooks in Databricks. If you need to call...
Forums
Need to output table data into multiple CSV files
Hello, I created the below script to output 999 rows from SQL Server table...
Changing Database page Verify on a Database in an AG
I have a database on SQL 2019 in an Availability Group (AG) and I...
Alwyason availability group can set primary role permanently?
Hi. Two node windows clusters Node1 and Node2 and configured alwayson availability group. Will...
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