2025-02-24
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Editorials
Triggers
Triggers. Who doesn’t like a good, lively debate about triggers? With the extreme cold that we’ve experienced this past week in the northeastern U.S., I feel like a little heated debate wouldn’t be a bad way to forget about the cold. But alas, I’m not here to talk about database triggers. Sorry, we’ll have to […]
2025-02-23 (first published: 2025-02-22)
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Moving On After a Technology Fail
After his watch broke, Steve had to get a new tool and isn't sure it was a good move.
2025-02-21
75 reads
Is Ransomware Fading?
There is a report that less ransomware ransom is being paid. Perhaps that's a good sign for all of us.
2025-02-19
81 reads
The Change Failure Rate
The number of times that you have a failure when deploying changes is a good metric to watch.
2025-02-17 (first published: 2019-06-03)
1,307 reads
Limits, Not Goals
I just saw one of "those" questions. You know the ones: 'We're hitting an error with a stored procedure. What is the maximum number of parameters you can have?" <sigh> Look, I get it. Breaking the land speed record is cool. Getting the most people into a phone booth (look it up), also cool. Fastest, […]
2025-02-15
127 reads
How Much Linux Do You Need?
With SQL Server on Linux becoming more popular, Steve asks if you think you need to know much about that OS.
2025-02-14
121 reads
2025-02-14 (first published: 2025-02-12)
833 reads
Extended Event Comfort
Steve wants to know if you're using Extended Events and what you think of it.
2025-02-10
128 reads
No End to Programmers
The idea of chat-oriented programming has led some people to think that AI LLMs will reduce the need for programmers. Steve disagrees.
2025-02-08
135 reads
Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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