AI In the Nov 2023 Enterprise
An OReilly Radar report on AI has some interesting data to Steve. Read what he thinks about the state of this technology in 2023.
2023-12-20
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Editorials
Migrations are Worth the Effort
Steve prefers database migrations as a way of making changes to a database, though he knows they are hard. He gives a few reasons to choose them.
2023-12-18
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A Thriving Community Lifts All Boats
I'm writing this on the last day of PGConf.EU, sitting here in Prague. I'm looking forward to sitting in several more sessions today, as well as having a few more conversations with the people at the conference. It's been a great event and I'm so happy I've been able to take part. Following the PASS […]
2023-12-16
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Try, Try Again, Until It's Right
A cloud migration for DoorDash interested Steve, primarily because it didn't work, but they were able to back out and try again.
2023-12-15
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2023-12-13
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Breaking Biometrics
Fingerprint readers on laptops are shown not to be as secure as they could be, and primarily because the manufacturers haven't done a good job implementing the secure protocols.
2023-12-11
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Love
Love is many a splendored thing. It is also a much-abused word with many different (and twisted) meanings. The type of love I wish to speak about today is not friendship, nor the kind of thing that makes your heart go pitter patter in the springtime, but rather the type of love known as storge, […]
2023-12-09
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Focus on Growth in Your Career
Steve has some advice on how to grow your career by growing your skills and developing deeper knowledge.
2023-12-08
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The Stagnant Career
A stagnant career can be stifling, and it can make you unhappy at work, where you spend a lot of time. Steve has a few thoughts on how to avoid that.
2023-12-06
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Be Careful with Missing Index Requests
Steve reminds people today that the recommendations from execution plans aren't always what you want to use when tuning your database.
2023-12-04
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Blogs
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server 2025 Unleashed Training Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, March 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server 2025 Unleashed:...
What is ALM in Fabric?
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As someone who’s worked with data for over 20 years and with many cloud...
The Most Successful Startups in 2025 — And What They Have in Common
By HeyMo0sh
2025 belongs to the AI startups. If you peek into the tech headlines, you’ll...
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers