The Challenge of Deleting Data
Removing data from your systems isn't as easy as you might think. It is especially important to be aware when you are doing this for compliance.
2023-01-23
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Removing data from your systems isn't as easy as you might think. It is especially important to be aware when you are doing this for compliance.
2023-01-23
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The last two weeks have brought a (seemingly) daily deluge of difficult news in the tech sector. Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon have all had significant layoffs with many friends in the #SQLFamily and data community being impacted. In times of uncertainty and heightened anxiety, it’s essential to have a group you can turn to […]
2023-01-21
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I am an amateur radio operator. In the US this is commonly referred to as a ham, or a ham radio operator. My call sign is KC1KCE, as issued by the US government through the FCC. And yeah, I can hear you now, a ham is the geek equivalent of a cross-fitter. How do you […]
2023-01-20 (first published: 2023-01-14)
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Culture is important retaining employers. Companies are finding this more valuable every day.
2023-01-20 (first published: 2023-01-07)
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When faced with choices, it's important to understand the capabilities and limitations of your options.
2023-01-18
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2023-01-16 (first published: 2015-06-26)
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Steve comments on some programming languages and how we approach those we choose to use.
2023-01-13
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2023-01-11
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SouthWest Airlines had some issues, possibly because of their technical debt and lack of investment.
2023-01-09
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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