Losing Rows
MongoDB can lose some rows in queries run very close together. Is that bad? Steve Jones thinks so, though this doesn't mean you shouldn't use MongoDB or any other NoSQL database.
2016-07-13
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Editorials
2016-07-12
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New Mobile Attack Vectors
With many mobile phones containing malware, Steve Jones notes this could be a problem for data professionals.
2016-07-11
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The Need for Database Intelligence Software
A brief editorial on future database engines having built in intelligence.
2016-07-08
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Fuzzy Processing
There are times when you don't want to get exact mathematical calculations in data processing, and Steve Jones talks about one of them today.
2016-07-07
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The Bad Data Shutdown
Not more hacking, but rather a data error in some cars is disturbing to Steve Jones.
2016-07-05
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2016-07-04
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An example of how networking netted a new job
Today we have a guest editorial as Steve is away on vacation. You often hear about how important it is to network. This is a story of how my network helped me get a new job.
2016-07-01
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Monitoring and Alerting
Knowing what is happening on your systems, and being told when a system is not behaving normally is very important for administrators. Steve Jones has a few thoughts on monitoring today.
2016-06-30
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Email or Username
One of the things that can be an issue in database design is the data used to identify a user.
2016-06-29
115 reads
Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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