A Pay Raise
There's a shortage of IT workers, which should lead to a pay raise for some people. Steve Jones takes a look at some recent news about IT salaries.
2008-01-21
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Editorials
SUN DB
The purchase of MySQL by Sun is an interesting move by Sun, which has pondered it's own database product.
2008-01-21
56 reads
Testing
We get tested in a variety of ways before we take a job, but what should be open for examination besides our technical skills? Answer this week's poll with your opinion.
2008-01-18
188 reads
Free and Cool
Two big events this week captured Steve Jones' attention. A little MySQL and Apple commentary to break up the week.
2008-01-17
75 reads
Clearing the Bar
How do you decide who gets hired? Do you get the best candidate? Steve Jones says that most of us don't necessarily hire the best person that applies for a variety of reasons.
2008-01-15
124 reads
Digital Storage
Digital technologies have made the transfer of information easier than ever, but what about it's long term storage? That doesn't seem to be as easy as we might think.
2008-01-14
297 reads
The Weekly Editorial
Our weekly commentary on SQL Server news and notes from the week ending 1/12/08.
2008-01-14
37 reads
A Little Variety
Do we really need to corner the market for our particular business? Steve Jones talks about the need to grow your business at the expense of others.
2008-01-10
51 reads
The Backup Myth
Running backups is enough for disaster recovery, right? That's a myth that could get you into trouble. Steve Jones explains there's more that's needed.
2008-01-09
941 reads
Losing Your Job
It's not easy to lose your job, but it can be done if you aren't performing. What concerns Steve Jones is someone recently lost their job for their behavior on their own personal time.
2008-01-08
300 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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