2020-09-10
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Editorials
Do You Have Big Data?
Data sizes are always growing. Stats on world data are astounding, as are the stats many of us experience in our lives. Plenty of us have moved from MB management to GBs, and I see plenty of people dealing with TB storage at home. Most of that data is likely from images and video, but […]
2020-09-09
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The Best Security for Database Administrators
Today Steve talks about limiting security issues for administrators.
2020-09-08
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2020-09-07
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Mentoring
Over the years when I changed careers and then advanced in IT, many people helped me learn or provided opportunities. Some of these people gave specific in-person help, like my brothers who taught me programming logic and database normalization before I ever thought about working in technology. Others assisted from a distance when I read […]
2020-09-05
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Emergency Preparedness
Being prepared for things to go wrong is important, more so these days than in much of our past.
2020-09-04
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Can You Catch SQL Injection?
Steve found an attack against Google's SQL database that their SREs detected.
2020-09-03
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2020-09-02
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The Evolution of Windows
Today Steve looks back at Windows, and how Windows 10 might be the last version. Perhaps this is the model we'll see with SQL Server in the future.
2020-09-01
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The Challenges of Resetting Databases
The challenges of state in databases can impact our development efforts.
2020-08-31
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Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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