Pick a Database, any Database…
All sorts of project and organizational analysis go into selecting the right database system for the requirements....or so you'd think.
2022-08-27
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Editorials
2022-08-26 (first published: 2017-08-08)
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Looking Back
Today Steve talks about retrospectives and how we learn and grow as software professionals.
2022-08-24 (first published: 2020-03-30)
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When Is Technology Good Enough?
Technology advances, sometimes beyond what we need sometimes. Steve asks when things are good enough.
2022-08-22
100 reads
The Case for Patching
Recently I was testing a feature in SQL Server on 2017 and 2019. There was supposed to be an improvement across versions, but I didn't see it. Then I realized that I was on SQL Server 2019 CU 2 on my laptop, and the current CU is 17. I took a few minutes to download […]
2022-08-20
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How Hard is Kubernetes?
Mercedes has taken advantage of containers and Kubernetes to build knowledge in their staff. This investment helps them adapt and change their technology to meet the needs of the business.
2022-08-19
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DBA to Data Engineer
A title change can come with a salary bump in some cases, but you might need to work to achieve both of those. Steve has a few ideas today.
2022-08-17
360 reads
Reducing Debt and Increasing Security
DevOps is often thought of as bringing more features to customers, but it can also help security.
2022-08-15
78 reads
SQL Standard Confusion
The whole universe, the well-guarded people—may they all query databases together in a single language!
2022-08-13
155 reads
DevOps is Mostly About People
Steve says the secret to DevOps is teamwork, which means that people matter. The tools help, but the humans determine the success level.
2022-08-12
95 reads
Blogs
Daily Coping 3 Oct 2022
By Steve Jones
Today’s coping tip is to write down three things you appreciate about yourself. I...
Scary Scalar Functions - Part Four: Your Environment
By Zikato
Scary Scalar Functions series overview Part One: Parallelism Part Two: Performance Part Three: The Cure Part Four: Your...
Being a script magpie
Last month (I ran just a little bit late writing this, it was meant...
Forums
Migration of simple SPs from 120 to 150 COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL issue.
Migration of simple SPs from 120 to 150 COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL issue. Execution time for the...
Referencing a SQLCMD variable in a Post Deployment script using SqlPackage
Ive got a Database project running in JetBrains Rider. The project publishes a DACPAC...
Calling stored procedure to bulk import from SSIS causes access denied
Hi, I'm working on building a data validation engine, which is supposed to check...
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