Data modeling is based on the precept of knowing your data and knowing how the data is interrelated with other data. Everyone knows their data – right? If so, then why do we have so many problems building systems that do what the users want?
Sun Microsystems built a database application that processes a million messages a second. Steve Jones talks about the achievement.
Sun Microsystems built a database application that processes a million messages a second. Steve Jones talks about the achievement.
Sun Microsystems built a database application that processes a million messages a second. Steve Jones talks about the achievement.
As DBAs we must secure and protect data, but what can we do when there are fundamental issues with the way the systems are designed. Steve Jones comments on problems with voting machines.
Gaining recognition or an award without earning it is something Steve Jones thinks is a problem in society in general, and it's filtered into the IT industry.
DBA's and web developers at our company are experiencing issues with connecting to SQL instances using SQL Server Management Studio and other SQL tools using Windows Integrated Authentication. Our company is large, with well over 70,000 users and groups in Active Directory. When we look in the NT event log on the SQL Server we see both MSSQL and Kerberos errors. What could be causing this?
A series of free, one-day training events are coming in October, 2008 to various locations around the country. See if you can attend one in Olympia, Greenville, or Orlando.
A time of crisis means a lot of things to people in technology, but Steve Jones talks about something that's often forgotten.
A time of crisis means a lot of things to people in technology, but Steve Jones talks about something that's often forgotten.
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In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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