Metrics and Measures
We need to measure and monitor things to become better, but we need to keep an eye on what the actual goal is from this monitoring.
2023-03-20
162 reads
Editorials
The Human Factor
A week ago I was in Pasadena attending the SCaLE 20x conference, a gathering of many different open-source communities discussing the technologies and platforms that draw them together. I was fortunate enough to hear some excellent presentations on PostgreSQL and give two talks as well. After the first round of talks on Friday morning a […]
2023-03-18
102 reads
Annual Security Compliance Training
A guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at annual training to try and improve security.
2023-03-17 (first published: 2015-08-21)
196 reads
Better Writing
Are you a good writer? You should be. Steve Jones notes that communication skills are not only important, but that poor ones can set you apart in a way you might not like.
2023-03-15 (first published: 2014-01-20)
329 reads
Watching the Watchers
This editorial was originally published on Jan 16, 2007. It is being republished today as Steve is on vacation. This one looks at the potential issues with data mining when data might be shared between companies.
2023-03-13 (first published: 2011-11-10)
165 reads
Sources of Inspiration
I honestly enjoy writing editorials. Something pops into my tiny brain next to something else, and I'm off. However, today, as I started to write on the topic of learning, I suddenly felt like I had just written this same editorial. I go and look, sure enough, several of my recent editorials have been on […]
2023-03-12 (first published: 2023-03-11)
87 reads
How Normal Is Your World?
Steve thinks the world is close to normal for him after the pandemic. What about you?
2023-03-10
163 reads
Has Everyone Had a Data Breach?
Not only is the security of our organization important, but that of our partners matters as well.
2023-03-08
138 reads
Nested Transactions
Steve Jones notes there aren't really nested transactions in SQL Server. And we all ought to know this.
2023-03-06
1,609 reads
The Top SQL Server Engine Errors
The SQL Server Support team published the top errors they see in calls. Steve has a few comments on what they're doing to help customers.
2023-03-04
581 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Want to look at cloud reporting but not sure what the costs will be?
By ChrisJenkins
Have you been thinking about migrating your reporting to Microsoft Fabric or Snowflake but...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
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In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
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