Secure Enclave Concerns
A new security flaw in Intel SGX is found by researchers. This may or may not be a problem, but you should be aware.
2020-03-14
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Editorials
Updating Certifications
Microsoft is retiring some certifications and offering others. Steve has a few thoughts on this.
2020-03-13
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Why Containers?
Steve Jones highlights the importance he sees for data professionals in the containerization of software.
2020-03-11
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2020-03-10
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The Panjandrum Conundrum
With progress thwarted by a committee of panjandrums, will T-SQL forever remain in the doldrums? So wonders Phil Factor.
2020-03-09 (first published: 2017-07-10)
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The Developer Arguments for Stored Procedures
Today Steve asks what reasons a developer has for using stored procedures.
2020-03-06
543 reads
Is 100% Security Possible?
A security breach at Microsoft is disconcerting, especially when they don't share details.
2020-03-05
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2020-03-04
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The Evolution of AI
Artificial Intelligence systems might dramatically change our world, but they need lots of help and work to get better.
2020-03-03
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What Happened to Hadoop?
For a time, it seemed that everyone wanted to build a Hadoop system. The world has changed, and that's not as popular an idea as it used to be. Today, Steve has a few thoughts.
2020-03-02
546 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art, Part 4: Happy...
Is Fabric a Reliable Service or a Ripped Resource?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Is Fabric a Reliable Service...
locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
hi , a new user wants to be able to add sql agent jobs...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers