Building a PC
Steve has a few thoughts on building your own PC to help you with work or your career.
2022-06-10
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Editorials
One or Many Databases
When you have multiple clients in your application, do you want one or many databases?
2022-06-08
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Are Cubes Dead?
Is the idea of an Analysis Services cube something that is no longer relevant for modern data analysis? Steve thinks it might be.
2022-06-06
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The Nightmare Letter
The GDPR may bring nightmare letters like the one linked to from the editorial.
2022-06-03 (first published: 2018-03-28)
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Production Subsets
Working with data in development or test environments can be challenging. This week Steve Jones asks how you might deal with the volume of data and whether you like subsets.
2022-06-01 (first published: 2014-08-22)
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Audit systems: a good idea or a mess to maintain?
Audit systems can be a good idea, but they can also be a mess to maintain.
2022-05-30 (first published: 2018-02-27)
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2022-05-28
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2022-05-27 (first published: 2018-02-08)
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It's Not Yours
We may talk about our databases, but hopefully most of us know we don't own the data.
2022-05-25 (first published: 2018-01-17)
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It's the Engineers
The staff that build your systems are more important than your choice of technology.
2022-05-23 (first published: 2018-01-08)
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Blogs
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits III
On SQL Server 2025, does DBCC CHECKDB support Memory-Optimized tables?
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