2011-05-30
72 reads
Editorials
The Backup Passwords
Today Steve Jones asks how you handle those passwords across time for backups in this week's Friday poll.
2011-05-27
179 reads
Greed Is Good (for IT)
Can greedy executives be good for IT? Steve Jones thinks so and gives us a few reasons today.
2011-05-26
193 reads
Treat People Like People
Steve Jones thinks that the Millennials have the right approach to work. There are many things that are more important than money.
2011-05-25
284 reads
Hints Are Not Always Better
This week Steve Jones reminds us that improving performance in T-SQL is not always obvious. Those little nuggets of knowledge can be very handy, which is why you should be regularly looking to acquire more of them.
2011-05-23
175 reads
Negotiating Your Raise Before Your Annual Review
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Andy talks about your annual review and how you might want to think about negotiating for a raise in advance.
2011-05-23
188 reads
Which Bugs Do You Find?
This Friday Steve Jones wonders what types of bugs you find in software. Are there more prevalent because of design or coding?
2011-05-20
133 reads
The Three Percent Difference
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Most people get an annual review that determines what their salary change might be for the next year. Does 3% make a difference? Andy Warren asks the question today.
2011-05-19
262 reads
Stalking the Bad Guys
What do yo do if you find malicious code in your system? Delete it? Steve Jones suggests that a honeypot might be a better idea.
2011-05-18
175 reads
Working Long or Working Hard?
Would you rather work longer hours or tackle harder work? Steve Jones comments today on a recent post by Seth Godin. The answer as to what most people prefer might surprise you.
2011-05-17
277 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Alerts
By Kevin3NF
Don’t Let Trouble Sneak Up on You Most SQL Servers run quietly. Until...
Prompt AI helping with Auditing
By Steve Jones
I had a conversation with a customer asking this question: how can I tell...
From Data Custodian to Innovation Catalyst: The Evolving Role of the CDO
By Chris Yates
There was a time when the Chief Data Officer lived in the shadows of...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...
Was the index created or not?
Hi everyone I am getting an error when I create the index but I...
SSIS Package is reporting successful however is short 80-100k records
Good morning all, I have been running into a very random weird issue that...
Question of the Day
Estimated Rows
I have two calls to the GENERATE_SERIES TVF in this code:
SELECT TOP 10 gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 10) AS gs ORDER BY NEWID () OPTION (RECOMPILE); go DECLARE @a int = 10; SELECT TOP (@a) gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, @a) AS gs ORDER BY NEWID () OPTION (RECOMPILE);In the actual query plans, what is the estimated number of rows for each batch in SQL Server 2022? See possible answers