Dancing Robot Goes Rogue
The headline says it all and Steve thinks this could be a problem in the digital world as well.
2026-03-28
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The headline says it all and Steve thinks this could be a problem in the digital world as well.
2026-03-28
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Too many people don't value their time appropriately, especially at work. If you don't, likely your boss doesn't either.
2026-03-27
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There are a lot of tasks that DBAs and developers struggle to get done. These little things can be important, and perhaps AI can help us keep on top of them.
2026-03-25
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When working with an AI LLM, you have so much knowledge at your fingertips.
2026-03-23
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2026-03-20
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Steve had to deal with a customer that changed data types in columns often. Is that something you experience?
2026-03-18
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Self-assessment and self-examination can be important in many fields, especially technology in the age of AI.
2026-03-16
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Many organizations haven't standardized the way they deploy code to databases, even when they do so for applications. Steve has a few thoughts on this today.
2026-03-13
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Steve used to shut down systems to upgrade them, but lately he makes changes while they're running.
2026-03-11
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Choosing to upgrade isn't as simple as many of us would like. Steve has a few thoughts today on the decision to move to a new version of a database server.
2026-03-09
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By Steve Jones
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Comments posted to this topic are about the item Never is Not the Policy
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