Mudita: Joy in the success of others
It is only when you start to take genuine pleasure in other people's successes that you experience the true rewards of being in a leadership position.
2014-07-11
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Editorials
Is It Time To Clear Out Those Quirky Functions?
Phil Factor ponders a cull of some of SQL Server's worst-behaving functions.
2014-07-10
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Never give up
When facing a problem you aren't sure you can solve, keep working on it and believe in yourself.
2014-07-08
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2014-07-07
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2014-07-04
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Do Other Departments Know What You Do?
Do other departments know what you do? One on one discussions is a great way to make sure.
2014-07-03
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All the People Smarter than Me - Editorial
Today we have a guest editorial from Sarah Wagner that thanks all the people that have helped her become a better DBA.
2014-07-01
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Application Developers don’t own their data
As a data guy, I always smile when application developers refer to ‘their’ data. If only it were that simple.
2014-06-30
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The Product Centric Career
How did you fall in into your particular career? Was it because of a product? Andy Warren talks about his career evolution and how often we become trapped by the products we work with.
2014-06-30
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Lockdown or Let Them Free
Do we take security too far? Are we creating unnecessary rules for those that need to use the resources we support? Steve Jones talks today about security and how we might want to approach it when handling rights for developers.
2014-06-27 (first published: 2009-09-21)
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Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
The Goldilocks problem – Materialized Views
I’m sure you’ve all heard the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but...
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Forums
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I specify only the Resource Database?
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