The Politics of SQL Security
Dealing with SQL Server security when the application it uses is full of security holes.
2016-05-23
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Editorials
What's Your Test Plan?
This week Steve Jones looks at the formal way in which you might verify changes to your system. Do you have a process?
2016-05-20
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The Complexity of Branches
Branching code creates complexity to development and should be undertaken with caution.
2016-05-19
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Half Baked Features
Steve Jones notes that some features aren't fully developed, but that's not a reason to avoid releasing them.
2016-05-17
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Software Maturity with Release Management
Adding a release management tool to your software development is a sign of maturity.
2016-05-16
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SQL Server RTM - June 1
The next version of SQL Server 2016 will be released on June 1, 2016, which means you can start planning those upgrades.
2016-05-16
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2016-05-13
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Solving Tempdb Issues
A simple change might solve some of those tempdb issues various customers experience.
2016-05-12
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Use Tools
One of the great things about IT is that we have so many tools to help us do our jobs. We can even build tools as needed. So why don't more IT people take advantage of this?
2016-05-11 (first published: 2012-05-23)
468 reads
A Lifetime of Software
Today Steve Jones wants you to look forward in your career. Do you enjoy working with software and technology? Do you plan on doing this for the rest of your career?
2016-05-10 (first published: 2012-04-27)
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Blogs
Walking Through a Planned Failover: SQL Server Availability Groups on Kubernetes
When building the sql-on-k8s-operator, I wanted to make sure it could handle both planned...
Reading SQL Server File Headers with DBCC FILEHEADER
I’ve been doing a deep dive into SQL Server on-disk structures lately, and one...
T-SQL Tuesday #197 – An impactful session or two from a conference – RECAP
By DataOnWheels
Thanks to everyone who joined the blog party this month. I noticed three themes...
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The Vector Data Type
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