Careful with your Smartphone
Do you connect to your work network with your smartphone? If so, you should be careful and ensure you are taking precautions to prevent any security issues.
2011-12-15
200 reads
Editorials
Propose this to your boss
If you would like to tackle an interesting project at work or find yourself something new to do next year, read this idea from Steve Jones.
2011-12-14
378 reads
Jacks of all trades
Instagram has a complex architecture for it's technology infrastructure. The people that work there have to be jacks of all trades. Is that the type of environment you'd like to work in?
2011-12-13
149 reads
Does the Role of the DBA Need to Evolve?
With the amount of data being stored expanding exponentially, does the role of the DBA need to change from caretaker to interpreter?
2011-12-12
255 reads
Encryption Works
Encryption is supposed to protect data, and it appears to be working as police and authorities are often stymied by encrypted disks. Steve Jones recommends you encrypt your disks on all your machines.
2011-12-12
350 reads
The Employment Contract
This Friday Steve Jones wants to know if you'd like to have an employment contract of some sort. Do you want your duties, or maybe exlcusions, explicitly spelled out in an agreement?
2011-12-09
160 reads
Not So Unbreakable
Oracle touted its database software as unbreakable, but many security researchers think the company is not spending enough effort on security. Steve Jones has a few comments.
2011-12-08
119 reads
Sharing Your Database Server
Is is time to consider sharing your database server with other applications? Steve Jones thinks with today's powerful servers and changes to licensing, this might make sense.
2011-12-07
151 reads
Layers of Security
A good security scheme will contain many layers. Today Steve Jones talks about one of those: good habits.
2011-12-06
171 reads
Not having TDE in all editions is stupid
Transparent Data Encryption is only available in Enterprise Edition and above. Steve Jones thinks that's a mistake.
2011-12-05
112 reads
Blogs
App-Consistent MongoDB Snapshots Across Multiple Pure Storage FlashArrays
Introduction When you’re running MongoDB at scale with data distributed across multiple Pure Storage...
PASS: Quantum Computing Slides
By Brian Kelley
If you're an attendee at the PASS Data Community Summit this year, there are...
A New Word: Dead Reckoning
By Steve Jones
dead reckoning– v. intr. finding yourself bothered by somebody’s death more than you would...
Forums
Looking for help with SQL statement
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Personal Contact Is Vital
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Getting the Schema for Tables
What happens when I run this on SQL Server 2022 in the AdventureWorks2022 database?
SELECT OBJECT_DEFINITION (OBJECT_ID(N'Person.Person')) AS [Object Definition]; GOSee possible answers