Happy Halloween 2008!
Steve Jones is taking a break on this fine holiday, enjoy a few bloopers before you head out with the kids for trick-or-treating.
2008-10-31
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Editorials
The October 2008 Energy Update
The bimonthly update on the world of energy from Steve Jones talks about wind power.
2008-10-30
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2008-10-29
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Updating Aging Databases
Somehow, one is expected to be pleased that SQL Server 2005 is going to have another Service Pack. Why? For many DBAs, SQL Server 2005 is still a dangerous and radical upgrade. Phil Factor considers Microsoft's responsibilities...
2008-10-28
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Barriers to Entry, Database Weekly (Oct 27 2008)
Many people who spend time contributing to technical forums bemoan the increasing amount of time and energy they expend trying to help people who seem unwilling or unable to help themselves. At the same time, they say, the courtesy is deteriorating and the number of people willing to "stir things up" for the sake of it increases. Is there a solution to this?
2008-10-27
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Data Trust
How much do you trust companies with your data? Steve Jones finds a couple new web sites that offer great services, but is it worth the price?
2008-10-27
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Absolutely (Not?)
For this Friday's poll, Steve Jones asks about what absolutes you might have in your job.
2008-10-24
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A Virtual Database World
Steve Jones talks about virtualization with databases, but not in the way you might think.
2008-10-23
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36 Changes
Agile, or maybe even hyper-agile. Steve Jones talks about some challenges in the web 2.0 world.
2008-10-22
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Data Ownership
Sometimes determining who owns the data or information isn't that easy. Steve Jones has an example from the US election in 2008.
2008-10-21
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Blogs
Lift and shift vs modernizing your data warehouse
By James Serra
If you are migrating a data warehouse, there is a question worth asking before...
Power BI Fun With Travels
By Steve Jones
I’m back from a great vacation. I had the chance to visit two new...
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
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