Early Adopters
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at those that run software early in its lifecycle.
2015-11-20
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Editorials
Shrinking the Budget
Most DBAs don't get involved with budgets at work, but we are affected by them. Steve notes you might want to understand how budgets work.
2015-11-19
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Relational By Default
Should we consider the relational model the default and only after having a good reason look at a NoSQL platform? Steve Jones has a few comments.
2015-11-18
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Private Data
The laws and morals regarding privacy aren't well defined, but Microsoft is making a stand.
2015-11-17
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Mind your Database Ps and Qs
Louis Davidson explains why a little database courtesy goes a long way.
2015-11-16
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2015-11-12
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Do You Have Scary Code?
Many organizations have code no one wants to touch. Steve Jones notes that's a bad place to be.
2015-11-10
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A big thank you
Grant Fritchey shows his softer side, extending his appreciation to all DBAs who work tirelessly to keep our software running in the face of adversity.
2015-11-09
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2015-11-09
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The Lost Laptop Crisis
Losing a laptop isn't something most of us would want to deal with, usually because of the expense. However, there may be other implications that concern you. Share your worries with us today.
2015-11-06
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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
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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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