2020-12-12
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Editorials
Reflections
Today is a day for reflections in Steve's life, looking back at the incredible year of 2020.
2020-12-11
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Data Sovereignty Issues
As legal requirements grow and change, cloud computing might require a new consideration: where we physically store data.
2020-12-10
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Is there a Difference in Virtual Events?
Steve wonders if any of you see much of a difference between any of the virtual events taking place today.
2020-12-09
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Practice Your Skills with the Advent of Code
The annual Advent of Code challenge is underway, and you can use it to help grow your career.
2020-12-08
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Seeking Growth
Today Steve notes that we often don't have all the knowledge or information we need, but we can work to acquire it.
2020-12-07
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A Technology Collapse
Today Steve looks at legacy systems and the challenges they pose as we try to adapt them to new requirements.
2020-12-05
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Your Favorite IDE
SSMS is, well, it's what we mostly have from Microsoft. It's been around a long time, but it is getting regularly released. There are new versions about every quarter, and there are bug fixes and minor enhancements. Azure Data Studio appears to be where Microsoft would like most of us to move, but I, and […]
2020-12-04
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Catching Minor Issues
Can you catch minor code changes that might cause issues? Steve advocates for more testing to ensure you can.
2020-12-03
110 reads
Completely Encrypted Data
Do we care or worry if our databases need to handle encrypted data? Steve has a few thoughts about why we may or may not be concerned.
2020-12-02
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Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers