Back to Vegas
The DevConnections conference in the spring of 2012 is in Las Vegas, and Steve Jones is glad to be going.
2012-01-24
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Editorials
Jiggly Code
There should be some method to your madness when fixing code. At least, that's what Linus Torvalds thinks and Steve Jones agrees.
2012-01-23
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Thoughts on Survival
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Are you in a survival job? Read Andy's thoughts and let us know.
2012-01-20
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Better Than Batman
Steve Jones praises Bill Gates today, and the work he is doing to make the world a better place.
2012-01-19
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The Virtual Lab
Today Steve Jones talks about the need for a lab for each of us, and a few ways you can build one.
2012-01-17
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A Leader
Today's editorial was originally reprinted on Jun 17, 2007. It is being re-run as it is a holiday in the US. Today Steve Jones looks at Jonthan Schwartz, the former CEO of SUN who took over from the founder, Scott McNealy.
2012-01-16
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DBAs and the Career-Life Balance
DBAs always tend to face many difficulties in maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Brad McGehee encourages some debate on the best strategies to make this work, in the face of long working hours, and the desire to contribute fully to the SQL Server community.
2012-01-16
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WWBOD
This Friday's poll asks you to tell us what you'd do if you won the lottery. Is there something that you'd rather be doing than your current job? Dream a little and let us know.
2012-01-13
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Coding More Carefully
If you had less resources or compilation too longer, would you code more carefully? Steve Jones talks about the benefits that might come from not having the latest and greatest hardware.
2012-01-12
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Cloud Safety
Is the cloud secure? How can you be sure? Steve Jones talks a little about some ways you can try to check on your cloud provider.
2012-01-11
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Blogs
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
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