Stop, Smell, Smile
On this quiet Friday, Steve Jones skips a poll and talks about life. This editorial was originally published on Jun 6, 2008. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation.
2013-03-20 (first published: 2008-06-06)
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Editorials
Serious Storage
Steve Jones talks about the serious storage that EMC is bringing to the Vatican library.
2013-03-19
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The Backup Process
Today Steve Jones talks about backups. Setting up a process is good, but you cannot count on it working forever. You need to check periodically to be sure it's working, and that your skills are not deteriorating.
2013-03-18
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Inconsistency
This Friday Steve Jones notes that changing and altering your opinions is good and invites you to share things you might have learned that changed your mind in the past.
2013-03-15
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The Gambler
If you are the type of person that doesn't run DBCC checks, Steve Jones thinks you're a gambler. And you might think about attending SQL Intersection next month in Vegas.
2013-03-14
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Resetting DMVs
Steve Jones asks the question why so much data in SQL Server is cleared when we restart an instance.
2013-03-13
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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
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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
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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)
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Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
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