Databases for Change
Meaningful change often requires information collection, processing, retrieval and distribution. As database professionals, that's our bag. So what can we do to help things along?
2008-09-17
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Meaningful change often requires information collection, processing, retrieval and distribution. As database professionals, that's our bag. So what can we do to help things along?
2008-09-17
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A new data mining thrilled from Jeffrey Deaver has Steve Jones concerned about the centralization of data mining.
2008-09-16
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Steve Jones talks about a company looking to write all their stored procedures using the CLR in SQL Server. Is this a good idea?
2008-09-15
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A bug in the SQL Server 2008 upgrade process has Steve Jones questioning the coding practices at Microsoft.
2008-09-15
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2008-09-12
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Are database professionals liable for the security of their data? Should they be? Some think so, but Steve Jones thinks this is a bad idea and we might need protection as data professionals.
2008-09-11
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As database professionals, we know that we are responsible for the security and integrity of the data in our systems. But Steve Jones wonders if you know what legal responsibilities you might have.
2008-09-10
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As Information Technology workers become more wired, with more demands, and less benefits, should they consider unionizing.
2008-09-08
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More and more technology workers are being asked to sign non-compete agreements as a condition of their employment. But is that fair? Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2008-09-08
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As DBAs, we don't often deal with the human interface side of the applications that we build, but it is important. And we want to be sure that anything we develop considers the end user's perspective. Steve Jones asks how much should this matter?
2008-09-05
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By Steve Jones
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Comments posted to this topic are about the item Never is Not the Policy
I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContact rebuildAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers