Forcing Strong Passwords
Passwords are always a challenge, but are bad passwords the users' fault? Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2016-02-17
112 reads
Editorials
Should Production Databases Be in a VCS?
Steve Jones talks version control, but from the production perspective.
2016-02-16
109 reads
Zero Downtime for 2016
Someone made a call to architect zero downtime for databases. Steve Jones isn't sure this is the best thing you could do.
2016-02-15
175 reads
The Push to Upgrade from SQL Server 2005
There's a push to upgrade those SQL Server 2005 instances with support ending this April.
2016-02-12
132 reads
Reasonable Timeframes
Steve Jones talks about the timeframes for updating and fixing security problems in applications.
2016-02-11
92 reads
The Digital Woes of Public Records
Public records have been open in the past, but today's digital access might mean problems.
2016-02-09
113 reads
Culture and Performance
Culture is important at our workplace. Steve Jones notes this can be important when trying to get the most performance from your employees.
2016-02-08
149 reads
SQL, and Ye Shall Find
Phil Factor reflects on how hard it really is to develop a really effective database that meets the SQL Standards, and how as a result we are only beginning to realize fully the vision of relational orthogonality in databases.
2016-02-08
128 reads
Who's Got a Preteen SQL Server?
This week Steve Jones wonders about the age of your instances and whether you are planning on upgrades or aware of how many out of support instances you might have.
2016-02-05
197 reads
The New Operating System
We have an operating system for how our organizations are run. Steve Jones talks about a new one that might be important for the world rules by software.
2016-02-04
147 reads
Blogs
Using the Data API Builder–VS Live San Diego Resources
By Steve Jones
Thanks for attending my sessions. Resources below: Slides: Using Data API Builder GitHub repo: ...
Running a Local LLM On Your Laptop Resources
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at VS Live San Diego yesterday. It...
Differences Between xp_readerrolog and sp_readerrorlog: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was creating a question on sp_readerrorlog and realized that this procedure is different...
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Implementing Type 4 Slowly Changing Dimensions in SQL Server
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The Disabled Index
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers