Finding the Context
Will computers become better at finding context in situations and environments? Steve Jones comments.
2010-06-14
89 reads
Editorials
Bad Database Design
A guest editorial from Andy Warren looks at a bad database design he recently ran across.
2010-06-11
1,299 reads
Is the MVP Worth It?
The MVP award is coveted by many people and there are constant questions about how to get it. Is it worth it? Steve Jones talks about that today.
2010-06-09
306 reads
2010-06-08
90 reads
Knowing What's Normal
This week Database Weekly has a lot of performance related posts and Steve Jones notes that those are not of much use unless you know you really do have a performance problem.
2010-06-07
158 reads
What Will We Take For Granted Tomorrow?
A guest editorial from Tim Mitchell today looks at technology, and how quickly we become accustomed to it.
2010-06-07
127 reads
Limited Features or Limited Time?
A guest editorial today from Andy Warren. When someone is looking to introduce a free version of a product, what's the best way to tackle it?
2010-06-04
154 reads
Change the Edition or Change the Design?
Today Steve Jones talks about revisiting your design and perhaps thinking about buying another edition of SQL Server to take advantage of some feature.
2010-06-03
125 reads
Loud
Working in an office was quite a change for Steve Jones recently. He comments today that it might be something you need to consider when hiring others as well.
2010-06-02
173 reads
TCA
SQL Server has a lower TCA, total cost of administration, than Oracle. Steve Jones comments today on a few of the reasons.
2010-06-01
135 reads
Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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