Keep Data Forever
Today Steve Jones talks about some of the issues with keeping data around a long time and a new archival medium.
2011-08-25
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Editorials
Pop Tarts and Hurricanes
Today Steve Jones talks about the relation between hurricanes and poptarts, and why you should be working on your T-SQL skills.
2011-08-24
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The Talent Crunch
There seems to be no shortage of IT jobs in the US, and Steve Jones reminds us that the shortage is for talented workers, not just workers.
2011-08-23
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Devil's Advocate
With the one hand, Chris applauds the outstanding work of the SQL Server community, and tentatively raises the other to ask if we're on the cusp of a chance.
2011-08-22
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Virtual Security
As more and more companies move to virtualized servers, security should be on their minds. Steve Jones talks about that changes that you should consider.
2011-08-22
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A Flock of SQL Servers
Do you want to integrate Twitter with your database server? Steve Jones asks the question this week.
2011-08-19
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Benefits
Benefits for workers seem to be on the decline. Steve Jones talks about the issue, which might be something you give more weight to when choosing your next job.
2011-08-17
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Going Big with SSDs
Solid State Drives are becoming more commonplace in database systems. eBay and Facebook have implemented large SSD systems in their environments. Steve Jones thinks DBAs should be learning more about how SSDs affect SQL Server.
2011-08-16
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Back to Basics
This week Steve Jones reminds us that the basic skills we may take for granted might need some refreshing or updating.
2011-08-15
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Keeping Your Soul
How much do you need to sacrifice to succeed in business? It might be a lot, but Steve Jones says a lot of financial success is not worth losing your soul over.
2011-08-15
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forums
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Which 'Where' statement conditional upon a variable
Thanks in advance for any clues on this. I am trying to write a...
Backup to Immutable Storage
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Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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