The Institute for Backup Trauma
Today we have an editorial reprinted from April 27, 2005. Steve Jones is on vacation, so we are reprinting this look at backup strategies and media.
2010-12-20
217 reads
Editorials
The Twelve Days of SQL
As we approach the holidays, Steve Jones talks about the latest blog theme, and how nice it is to see these types of things from the community.
2010-12-20
170 reads
Under Appreciated Features
This Friday we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that asks about those features in SQL Serve that you find very useful, but perhaps aren't as well known.
2010-12-17
589 reads
Hyper-V Guests
To what extent should a hypervisor company support other software? Will this have implications for cloud computing, or services used in software? Steve Jones comments.
2010-12-16
75 reads
We Are Not a Meritocracy
Today Steve Jones reminds us that talent and technical skills are not necessarily enough to advance your career and that you ought to remember to work on other types of skills that you may want to improve.
2010-12-15
210 reads
The Low End
Today Steve Jones talks about those products we consider "low-end." Products like Access or VB. Are they a problem for us?
2010-12-14
174 reads
How Do You Work When You are Not at Work?
Things have evolved since the days of essential pagers and landline connections. Or have they? Brad ponders how the nature of remote working is evolving, and invites you help others learn from your experiences.
2010-12-13
162 reads
iPads for Christmas
A contest from Red Gate and Steve Jones could get you a copy of SQL Monitor and an iPad for Christmas. Steve Jones talks about how you can enter, and perhaps win an iPad for yourself this holiday season.
2010-12-13
1,764 reads
Shrinking Databases
One piece of advice that is often given to new SQL Server administrators is not to shrink their databases. But they seem to do it often enough anyway. For this Friday's poll, Steve Jones asks if we should do away with shrink.
2010-12-10
975 reads
Certified Private Clouds
Microsoft is working to certify vendors to build private clouds, which Steve Jones thinks is a great idea.
2010-12-09
168 reads
Blogs
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...
PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Slides and Code
By alevyinroc
Thank you for attending my PASS Summit 2025 session Answering the Auditor’s Call with...
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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