2017-07-07
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Editorials
2017-07-06
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Independence Day 2017
A holiday in the US has Steve Jones thinking about compromise and communication.
2017-07-04
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Backup Preparations
This week Steve asks you to make sure you practice your restore skills periodically.
2017-07-03
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2017-07-03
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A Database Design Test
Steve Jones saw a database design test for developers, but he's never been given one.
2017-06-30
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Handling Data Corruption
This week Steve Jones wonders what you might do if you discovered data corruption.
2017-06-29
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2017-06-28
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Classifying Sensitive Data
The ability to protect, and perhaps handle, sensitive data separately from other data is becoming more important. Steve Jones discusses the process and asks if it's something you perform on a regular basis.
2017-06-27
67 reads
Improving Replication
If you have ideas for how to improve replication, Steve Jones is asking for them.
2017-06-26
142 reads
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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