2014-02-17
172 reads
Editorials
Why Should You Network?
Networking is one of those things that so many people say is good for your career? But why? Steve Jones has a few examples today from his own experience.
2014-02-17 (first published: 2009-08-17)
240 reads
What is Continuous Integration for Databases?
What is continuous integration for databases? Steve Jones gives a short explanation and information on why you might care about this.
2014-02-13
430 reads
How Often Do I Backup my Log?
Do you know how often to back up your SQL Server transaction log? Steve Jones has a few thoughts today and notes that you definitely need to know how to restore the log backups.
2014-02-12
543 reads
The Data Platform Vision
Microsoft published a vision for their data platform and SQL Server recently. Steve Jones has a few thoughts on what this means for you. Hint: it's cloudy.
2014-02-11
130 reads
Performance Tuning Through Panic
We've all been there, trying to improve performance in a panic situation and not making things better.
2014-02-10
385 reads
Oddball Interview Questions
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. He talks about strange questions in interviews and whether they help you assess the candidate.
2014-02-07
382 reads
The Cloud
Steve Jones likes the Cloud and gives a few reasons why. He also thinks we'll see more data in the cloud over time.
2014-02-06
193 reads
2014-02-05
659 reads
Zombie Data
Old data can come back to haunt you. Steve Jones talks about potential problems when data comes back to life.
2014-02-04
162 reads
Blogs
Chatting with Power BI: Who Benefits from This Conversation?
By Rayis Imayev
"Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t...
A Quick Look at Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate acquired a data modeling tool from Vertabelo recently and I wanted to explore...
Prepping for Certification, Part 2 of ?
By Brian Kelley
The advantage of understanding the make-up of the exam: I can tailor my efforts...
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Question of the Day
Getting The Database Name
I run this code to connect to SQL Server 2022 from the command line.
sqlcmd -S localhost -EAt the command line, I run these two commands:
SELECT ORIGINAL_DB_NAME() GOWhat is returned? See possible answers