Changing Hardware
AMD has new chips coming out and Glenn Berry changes his recommendation against using AMD in SQL Servers.
2019-07-20
196 reads
Editorials
Are Windows Containers a Good Choice?
Steve doesn't think Windows containers are the future for the data platform.
2019-07-19
525 reads
The AI Manager
AI software is being used to manage the daily work of some employees. Is this a trend that is good or bad?
2019-07-18
207 reads
DevOps and OSS Can Scale
Microsoft has embraced open source software, and has opened much of their code. They have also proven that DevOps development can scale in this environment.
2019-07-17
240 reads
Ransomware and DevOps
Ransomware is becoming a bigger and bigger problem. Steve has some thoughts on how you should think about security in your database environment.
2019-07-15
357 reads
2019-07-12 (first published: 2015-04-28)
382 reads
Learning to Stop Being a Hero
There is a hero complex for many in IT. Steve provides some advice in how we should look at our workload and our employer's expectations when we consider a new job.
2019-07-11
1,115 reads
Waking Up to No Support
Support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 ended yesterday. Steve has a few thoughts on what you should be thinking about today.
2019-07-10
336 reads
The Clear Cloudy Future of Databases
The future of databases is in the cloud. Maybe not for everyone, but it is becoming a trend.
2019-07-09
374 reads
Building Helpful Commit Messages
Using a VCS is a core skill, according to Steve. One part of that is learning to write better commit messages.
2019-07-08
499 reads
Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
The New World Of AI Robots
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Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
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BIT_COUNT() V
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