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Depends what you regard as SQL Server.
1. The relational engine
2. The column store engine
3. SS IS/AS/RS
4. Full-text search
For me full-text search is disappointing. That is...
November 22, 2013 at 1:43 am
I had a lot of fun building software to auto-generate CRUD stored procedures for reference data. It takes a surprising amount of code to generate relatively simple code.
The problem...
November 14, 2013 at 4:26 pm
Gary Varga (11/14/2013)
I agree but feel that the reality is that other defects will be noted due to occurrences of such things as missed or misunderstood requirements.
NSR = None Stated...
November 14, 2013 at 4:12 pm
There is a very definite skill in writing a suite of useful tests. You can't approach it as a "check the box" exercise.
Automated testing allows a huge range of...
November 14, 2013 at 2:42 am
Which features through the generations of Microsoft Office were regarded as a little clunky?
Early generations of SQLPrompt and SQLRefactor were clunky.
DBCC was a little clunky.
Profiler was a little...
November 7, 2013 at 12:48 pm
Coming back to this after 4 years the observations I would make is that the world has taken a different path.
People needed a low cost alternative to Oracle, SQL Server,...
October 31, 2013 at 2:34 am
There is a large secretive enterprise ETL company whose product is quite possibly the most powerful and easy to use tool on the planet.
I find with SSIS that when I...
October 22, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Lets suppose you are launching a new line of business. It's a bit of a punt. You hope it will be wildly successful but equally it might not.
Do...
October 15, 2013 at 3:40 pm
Eric M Russell (10/15/2013)
I don't mean a database feeding your...
October 15, 2013 at 10:49 am
If I resigned and the split was amicable I'd be expected to work my notice.
If I resigned and the split was acrimonious I'd want early release from my contract. ...
October 10, 2013 at 11:43 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (10/6/2013)
Jeff Moden (10/5/2013)
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I guess that qualifies as a "rant", huh?
Yep, and I agree.
Ditto from me.
October 8, 2013 at 6:32 am
Jeff Moden (10/5/2013)
Heh... you have to trust me on this... You DON'T actually want them to do their own backups. 😉
Backups fine, restores...not so much
October 7, 2013 at 2:18 am
Full-text searching has always been something of a disappointment for me.
SSIS is one of those tools that when I come back to it I spend a week swearing at it...
October 1, 2013 at 3:15 pm
Encrypt your data backups.
Store the certificates used to encrypt your backups somewhere else but equally secure.
Limit access to both the certificates and the backups to a tightly and formally designed...
October 1, 2013 at 1:52 am
It's a harsh fact of life and a quick look down the list of fixes in the older versions of SQL Server reveal some quite nasty bugs.
There is inherrent complexity...
September 25, 2013 at 1:51 am
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