Resetting DMVs
Steve Jones asks the question why so much data in SQL Server is cleared when we restart an instance.
2013-03-13
178 reads
Editorials
Self Describing Databases
Today Steve Jones gives his vision of the database in the future. He hopes that databases contain more information about not only their objects, but their needs, like backups and maintenance.
2013-03-12
355 reads
Cloud Services. Waiting for the 'paint to dry'?
Despite recent 'outages', The canny CIO will make use of the obvious advantages of public cloud services where it risks neither security or availability. Adoption of the Cloud services and platforms is going to be most effective where the Cloud’s advantages of rapid scalability can be harnessed.
2013-03-11
80 reads
Who Built This Thing?
Do the people that build SQL Server really work with it? Steve Jones shares a short story from a recent trip to the Pacific Northwest. This editorial was originally published on May 20, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is on vacation.
2013-03-11 (first published: 2008-05-20)
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2013-03-08 (first published: 2008-05-09)
175 reads
Productivity and Accountability
The recent decision by Yahoo to end telecommuting elicits some comments from Steve Jones on the topic of remote work.
2013-03-07
156 reads
Two Plugs Away
The culture and practices at Valve are interesting to Steve Jones, but the desks really caught his eye.
2013-03-06
156 reads
Data We Don't Want
There's potentially an exploit that can download lots of data to a machine. This shouldn't be a concern for servers, but you never know.
2013-03-05
187 reads
Data Loss
A new study shows potential corruption issues with solid state drives when power is cut under a load. That can have implications for data professionals as more databases incorporate SSD storage.
2013-03-04
145 reads
Why SQL Server?
This Friday Steve Jones asks you how you got started working with SQL Server in your career? Let us know how you got started and why you stuck with it.
2013-03-01
265 reads
Blogs
Measuring What Matters: Operationalizing Data Trust for CDOs
By Chris Yates
Trust is the currency of the data economy. Without it, even the most advanced...
A Small LLM Fail
By Steve Jones
Another test with Copilot in SSMS (v22 P3) that didn’t go so well. This...
SQL Server Versions: Out With the Old, In With the Supported
By Kevin3NF
If your production SQL Servers are still running 2016 (or older) you’re basically banking...
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