The Reliable DBA
One of the important qualities for a database is being reliable. However, as your organization grows, you might need to ensure that your account for your people as well.
2023-06-23 (first published: 2018-03-13)
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Editorials
Who's Responsible?
If mistakes are made, employees can be held financially responsible by some companies. Do we need to worry about this in our industry?
2023-06-21 (first published: 2017-08-29)
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Highly Skilled
The highly skilled people are changing and getting jobs. A recent report notes this is of concern to executives and hiring practices may be changing. Steve has a few hints for how you can grow your own career and find new opportunities.
2023-06-19
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Same Language, Different Words
I had to come to the Redgate office in Cambridge this past week for a department onsite. As a result, my wife and I were able to come early for a few days adventuring together, the first trip we've taken by ourselves in nearly seven years. As a large family with six kids, it takes […]
2023-06-17
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Free Tools, Does Innovation Matter?
Today we have a guest editorial from Brian Walker, the developer for SQLFacts. He discusses the value from his toolkit and why it can be useful for developers.
2023-06-16
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Actively Choosing Compatibility
Do you actively choose which compatibility level makes sense for your SQL Server databases? Or do you just take the defaults? Steve has a few thoughts today on actively managing your system.
2023-06-14
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Using the Lightweight Tools
This week Steve is interested in whether the newer lightweight environments, like VS Code and Azure Data Studio, are capturing your interest.
2023-06-12 (first published: 2019-12-19)
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Software Flexibility (Avoiding the next hack)
As computer scientists, it often feels like our job is to tell the business user, "No, we can't do that because the software you asked for, and we built, doesn't allow it ..." Then, after a long and relatively silly meeting where your soul dies a little, the business user typically gets 80% of what […]
2023-06-10
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2023-06-09
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Creating Test Data
This editorial was originally published on Jan 9, 2020. It is being re-run as Steve is out of town. Test data is hard to come by, and I agree with Brent Ozar: " I get so frustrated when I hear trainers/presenters/bloggers/idealists talk about how developers should be using purpose-built-from-scratch data sets with no real customer […]
2023-06-07 (first published: 2020-01-09)
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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