Cramming for Interviews
Today Steve Jones talks about the questions people ask on the Internet about interviews. Are they ok? Should you cram for an interview this way?
2013-01-15
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Editorials
Global Insecurities
The various security scans of 2012 reported lots of potential problems in companies. Why don't vendors make it easier for us to install and configure their software securely?
2013-01-14
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The Java Danger
This week a vulnerability in Java has prompted a large scale notice to the general public.
2013-01-14
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The Auditing Poll
Is auditing in use in your applications? Steve Jones wants to know as he thinks it will be more important in the future for most software.
2013-01-11
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A Patch Disaster
What would happen if the wrong patches were applied to your database server? The results could be a huge problem. Steve Jones reminds you to be careful with mass patches.
2013-01-10
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Statistical Protection
Statistical databases contain lots of information that can be used in a variety of ways, but it can also be abused. Steve Jones talks about some of the problems and potential solutions.
2013-01-08
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The $50,000 Laptop
The average value of a lost laptop has been found to be much more than you might expect. Steve Jones talks about a recent study.
2013-01-07
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What Counts for a DBA: Amnesia
Louis Davidson explains why DBAs often need a healthy dose of selective, enforced amnesia about the pain of previous failures.
2013-01-07
153 reads
DR Prep
This week Steve Jones asks how you might handle DR preparation or process differently in the new year.
2013-01-04
111 reads
All Flash
Should you think about using SSD storage in your SQL Server databases? Steve Jones thinks this might be something you should consider.
2013-01-03
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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...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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SSIS packages failing with a status "ended unexpectedly" (SSL/TLS timeout ?)
We have an issue where SSIS packages are failing with a status of "ended...
SQL Newbie HELP: The query references an object that is not supported in distr..
Hi everyone! I'm new to SQL and am trying to query a view (dbo.)...
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