2024-07-05
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Editorials
Xp_cmdshell Use Cases
Today Steve asks for the ways in which you use xp_cmdshell in your environment.
2024-07-03
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The Cost of Rework
Steve notes that we're always better doing things better the first time. That takes some effort.
2024-07-01
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Shout Your Successes
I was at a customer this week (sorry, can't share who). I spent the day talking about Redgate Monitor and how it can help with query tuning, server management, and estate management. Through the day, the data pros at the company were sharing how they were managing hundreds of servers and several thousand databases. They […]
2024-06-29
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What Metrics Do You Collect?
Monitoring and observability are becoming more important in today's 24x7x365 environment for applications. Steve asks what data helps you solve problems today. Tell us what's important to you.
2024-06-28
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Where to Test Your Code
When and where should you test code? Steve has a few thoughts when we consider the database as a crucial part of our software.
2024-06-26
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What Do You Want to Learn?
There's a survey available to give your input for what topics you'd like to learn about at the next SQL Saturday.
2024-06-24
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Cloud Transformation
There are lots of companies moving databases to the cloud. Steve has a few thoughts on how to evaluate this for your company.
2024-06-21
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SQL Injection Is Not Acceptable
An alert from the US government says that SQL Injection isn't an acceptable problem.
2024-06-19
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2024-06-17
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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