Security Focus
Are IT administrators focusing on the wrong attacks when securing their systems? Should we as DBAs and developers care? Steve Jones argues that we want to be aware of these issues.
Security Focus
Are IT administrators focusing on the wrong attacks when securing their systems? Should we as DBAs and developers care? Steve Jones argues that we want to be aware of these issues.
Security Focus
Are IT administrators focusing on the wrong attacks when securing their systems? Should we as DBAs and developers care? Steve Jones argues that we want to be aware of these issues.
Celko's SQL Stumper: The Data Warehouse Problem
Joe Celko comes back with a puzzle that isn't new, but one where the answer he originally gave now seems archaic: It is a deceptively simple problem, but is it true that the new features of SQL have simplified the solution? We leave it to the readers to provide the answer!
Importing Data and New Hardware (Database Weekly)
Steve Jones looks at some of the interesting news this week in the SQL Server world.
Your Point of View
The way that you view the world is often different that the way others might. It can be helpful to remember that when you are trying to work with others, or even critique their work. Steve Jones talks about the need to remember that as you progress in your career.
Architectural Options for Asynchronous Workflow
This article describes the benefits of asynchronous processing and discusses three possible ways to implement this type of workflow within your own systems.
Fundamentals of Storage Systems - The Basics of Spinning Disks
Your servers are only as fast as the slowest part, hard drives.
To feed other parts of the system we have...
Introduction to Cube Storage
BI Architect Bill Pearson introduces Storage in Analysis Service 2008. This article begins an extended examination of storage topics, including partitions and aggregations, within a multiple-article subseries.
Your Point of View
The way that you view the world is often different that the way others might. It can be helpful to remember that when you are trying to work with others, or even critique their work. Steve Jones talks about the need to remember that as you progress in your career.
Blogs
Monitoring Fabric Mirroring for SQL 2025
I previously wrote about how the underlying technology for Fabric mirroring changed with SQL...
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
Forums
Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Doing the Little Things
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Question of the Day
Historical Data Tracking
If I want to track historical data values, which mechanism should I use?
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