Scaling Out
Steve Jones likes Service Broker as a scale out technology, but it hasn't caught on. He thinks more people should take a look at this technology and implement it in places where it fits well.
2012-03-08
186 reads
Editorials
Data Gravity
Does data have gravity? Will the law affect how applications are built and deployed? Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2012-03-07
140 reads
Zettabyte
Today we have an editorial originally published on Mar 13, 2007 that is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. This one looks at all the world's data.
2012-03-06
194 reads
Code Scanning
Today Steve Jones talks about code scanning and the analysis that tools can do for us today.
2012-03-05
200 reads
Data Compression Double Take
A lot has been written about the potential performance benefits of SQL Server data compression; but hard performance data? Not so much.
2012-03-05
267,356 reads
High Availability Upgrades
Today Steve Jones has a poll about the new AlwaysOn feature in SQL Server 2012. Is it worth the upgrade for your company?
2012-03-02
264 reads
Data Compression Double Take
A lot has been written about the potential performance benefits of SQL Server data compression; but hard performance data? Not so much.
2012-03-01
338 reads
Use the 4th Dimension
Today Steve Jones talks about the conflicting demands of home and work and how you can reconcile the requirements of both.
2012-03-01
199 reads
The Cloud is good for your career
Is the cloud good for your career? Steve Jones thinks so, and gives you a few reasons you might want to learn more about it.
2012-02-29
267 reads
Taking a Sabbatical
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren as Steve is on vacation. Today Andy discusses sabbaticals, and a change in his life.
2012-02-28
159 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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