Auditing Matters
We might not be able to stop hacks, attacks, or issues with our databases, but knowing that they've occurred is important. Steve Jones notes that we might need auditing more than security.
2014-02-24
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Editorials
2014-02-24
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The SQLCLR Impact
Has the SQLCLR system impacted your SQL Server environment? Steve Jones wants to know if it has or has not today.
2014-02-21
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2014-02-19
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The Security of Interconnected Systems
We are interconnecting more and more computer systems and applications all the time. Security becomes a problem when one of these systems hasn't been properly configured, secured, or coded. Steve Jones notes this is becoming a real problem.
2014-02-18
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2014-02-17
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
Forums
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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