Problems With Database Problems
The GitLab crisis has Steve Jones thinking about two things: competence and care.
2017-02-13
114 reads
Editorials
The Second Career
From a well-built cockney who knew how to avoid wheel clamps, to an ex-member of an elite anti-riot unit, some of the best DBAs have a surprising diversity of skills and experiences, according to Phil Factor.
2017-02-13
93 reads
Moving Through Five Years
An updated editorial. The five years are almost up for the prediction that IT departments would be eliminated. Read Steve Jones thoughts on where we are today.
2017-02-10
101 reads
Why Devops? For Better Security
DevOps is supposed to help us build better software, faster. Steve Jones looks at one of the other benefits: security.
2017-02-09
90 reads
2017-02-08
153 reads
A View of the Cloud
Today Steve Jones looks at how we can better build software by considering the cloud.
2017-02-06
70 reads
Close Encounters of the CEIP Kind
Microsoft's Customer Experience Improvement Program for SQL Server: once easy to avoid, now hard to ignore, but Rodney Landrum sees an upside.
2017-02-06
1,520 reads
Your Favorite Feature that Needs Work
This week Steve Jones asks what parts of SQL Server would you improve and why.
2017-02-03
70 reads
The Great and Powerful Internet of Things
A look at the good, and bad, of the IoT world along with the potential future.
2017-02-02
97 reads
A Wide Variation in Skill
We all have different levels of skills, and it's not always because we don't try. Sometimes it's a question of timing.
2017-01-31
123 reads
Blogs
Solving SQL Server Mysteries with a Whole Gang of Sleuths -Scooby Dooing Episode 4
One thing I’ve always loved about the Scooby-Doo cartoon is that he never solved...
SQL Server Availability Groups
By Kevin3NF
Flexibility and Scale at the Database Level When SQL Server 2012 introduced Availability Groups...
Modify Power BI page visibility and active status with Semantic Link Labs
Setting page visibility and the active page are often overlooked last steps when publishing...
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Using table variables in T-SQL
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