This Can't Happen
A bug reported on Connect has Steve Jones worried. This one could be a big deal in some situations that are concerned about comprehensive auditing.
2010-05-04
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Editorials
Leadership
Steve Jones talks about the need for leadership and what managers should be looking to achieve in their efforts.
2010-05-03
160 reads
The Cost of Data Loss
The cost of data loss is higher in the US than other countries. That's good and bad for DBAs.
2010-05-03
170 reads
Would You Like a Stay Interview?
For this Friday poll, Steve Jones talks about an interesting concept. The "stay interview."
2010-04-30
380 reads
Man in the MIddle
Are you worried about man in the middle attacks on your database server? If you run Oracle you should be, but SQL Server DBAs should not assume they are safe. Adding communication encryption can be a good idea for SQL Server DBAs.
2010-04-29
282 reads
Regular Service
Steve Jones feels that we ought to get regular service packs from Microsoft to support SQL Server. Not everyone agrees. Do you?
2010-04-28
100 reads
Concrete Code
When building a new database or system, are you designing concrete code? Should you be? Steve Jones comments on matching your needs with your architecture.
2010-04-27
182 reads
Financial Data in the Cloud?
Phil Factor believes that there will have to be further compromises between the pioneers of The Cloud and the regulators, before companies feel safe in entrusting their financial data to such an abstract service, seemingly 'remote from sand and iron'.
2010-04-26
348 reads
Spring Cleaning
For a Friday poll this week, Steve Jones is looking at those spring cleaning or annual maintenance activities that you might perform on your systems.
2010-04-23
147 reads
What Do We Want?
Today Steve Jones talks about the challenges of deciding what to include in that next software release. Something that likely isn't as easy as we might think it should be.
2010-04-22
87 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