Best Practices and Band Plans
Grant Fritchey explains how database best practices should be followed more like those in Ham radio.
2019-08-03
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Editorials
2019-08-02
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2019-08-02 (first published: 2015-11-23)
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The Problem with Users
Users cause lots of security issues, and we ought to try to work within that framework, with the understanding the we can't prevent all problems.
2019-08-01
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Working with People
One of the more important things that we can do as a professional is learn to work we well with others.
2019-07-30 (first published: 2015-09-09)
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More MVPs Than Awards
Every year, July 1 is the Microsoft MVP Renewal date and quite a few people received good news that day. I was one of those renewed for another year, and I am honored that Microsoft chose me again. I also congratulate all the others that received the award for the first time as well as […]
2019-07-29
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SQL Server 2019 CTP 3.2 Available
Microsoft announced CTP 3.2 for SQL Server 2019 just a few days ago, but many people working with SQL Server don’t care about this. I run into people at user group meetings and SQL Saturdays who are stuck supporting versions as old as SQL Server 2000, and SQL Server 2008 R2 is still prevalent. I’m […]
2019-07-27
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2019-07-26 (first published: 2015-08-28)
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A Clock With Benefits
Explaining how computers work can be hard for technical people, but it's important for us to help our clients, customers, and managers appreciate why building new software is hard.
2019-07-25 (first published: 2015-08-26)
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Data Challenges and Travel
A few problems in travel have Steve thinking about the complexities and challenges of companies that coordinate lots of data.
2019-07-23
271 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
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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