2016-08-26
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Editorials
Better Coding
The Australian Census was a mess, and supposedly some university students build a better version. Steve Jones comments on better coding practices.
2016-08-25
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The Future for Database Administrators
Today Steve Jones talks about the job changes and prospects for those that manage IT systems.
2016-08-24
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Security Leaks from Websites
No matter what we do to secure our databases, we need to be sure our applications are well written, both with secure coding, but also good information handling.
2016-08-23
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Is Rollback Feasible for Database Changes?
Many of us would like to be sure we could rollback changes made during a deployment if they caused issues. Steve Jones notes that it might not be worth actually building those scripts in advance.
2016-08-22
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2016-08-22
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What's Your Smoke Test?
A smoke test can be a good way to ensure complex systems are working as expected after maintenance or changes.
2016-08-19
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Designing for the Public
The way that governments build software and work with data must change if we want to be more efficient.
2016-08-18
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2016-08-16
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Point-in-time data
Phil Factor explains why data detached from its temporal context often loses all meaning.
2016-08-15
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Blogs
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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A Full Shutdown
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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