Phil factor warns against taking SQL Coding 'best-practices' too much at face value. They can, at best, assist in reviewing code, and at the worst they can prevent the developer from finding the best solution.
2014-01-27
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This Friday Steve Jones wants to know what types of things are you checking for on your instances. What items can cause you issues if you don't proactively monitor for them.
2014-01-24
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More information and choice are generally good things, but there can be problems. Steve Jones notes that we can't let freedom paralyze us.
2014-01-23
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What's the state of software in 2014. After reading Tim Bray's analysis, Steve Jones presents his.
2014-01-22
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Excel is used quite often to build software, or at least, it's worksheets and formulas simulate software. Steve Jones notes there are lots of problems with this practice.
2014-01-21
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When DBAs too often find themselves trading sleep for Megabytes, it's time for a different approach to detection and alerting of disk space problems. So argues Rodney Landrum.
2014-01-20
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Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that asks you how you choose the tools you use to solve a problem.
2014-01-17
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We have a guest editorial today from Chris Shaw, on the need to take chances in your life.
2014-01-16
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We don't always do the job we would want done for us. We don't pride ourselves as craftspeople do. At least that's what Steve Jones thinks.
2014-01-15
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Many of us have checks in place on systems or processes, but would we be aware of tampering with the operation of our computer systems? Steve Jones notes that auditing can be important to ensure things are working well.
2014-01-14
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I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
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In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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