2007 Tech Salary Survey Results
Dice.com recently completed a salary survey for 2007. If you didn't participate, Steve Jones summarizes the results for DBAs.
A Bad Report Card
The Federal Communications Commission doesn't get a good report on it's data handling and management processes.
Feature (In)Complete
A look at some of the interesting database news from the previous week (March 24, 2008).
Name value pair (EAV) model
Entity-Attribute-Value model (EAV) is used interchangeably with name for name value pair. This article will try to address advantages and disadvantages of EAV modelling
Ready Made Code Snippet Tool Box Courtesy of SCOM
Cracking open the default management packs in SCOM unlock a vast code library for custom automation and monitoring of SQL Server instances.
March Madness
How disruptive is the annual college basketball tournament to work? Steve Jones doesn't think it's a problem.
March Madness
How disruptive is the annual college basketball tournament to work? Steve Jones doesn't think it's a problem.
March Madness
How disruptive is the annual college basketball tournament to work? Steve Jones doesn't think it's a problem.
SQL Server 2008 security and compliance features reduce security risks
Looking at this from a confidentiality, integrity and availability perspective – the essence of security and compliance – there are quite a few new selling points.
A Bad Report Card
The Federal Communications Commission doesn't get a good report on it's data handling and management processes.
Blogs
Leading Through Change: Guiding Teams in Times of Uncertainty
By Chris Yates
Change is not a disruption in technology; it is the rhythm. New frameworks appear,...
The Mystery of the Locked-Up Database -Scooby Dooing Episode 6
No Scooby-Doo story is complete without footprints leading to a hidden passage. In SQL...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference
By James Serra
A bunch of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community...
Forums
Compatibility levels on database changing them and impacts.
We’re running SQL Server 2019 with database compatibility level 150, and after recent tuning...
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Question of the Day
Changing the Recovery Time
I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?
ALTER DATABASE Finance SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;See possible answers