Moving to DataOps
DataOps is another DevOps term for the modern management of data. It's not just the daily work of a DBA, however, as Steve notes in this piece.
Secrets of Flyway Teams Undo
Flyway Teams has an Undo facility that enables you to roll back one or more migrations. This article demonstrates how it works and explains how Undo migrations make testing migration scripts easier and branch-based development simpler.
SQL Server Network Related Performance Monitor Counters
In this article we cover which performance monitor counters to use to baseline and troubleshoot SQL Server network issues that may be causing performance issues.
Do presenting and writing really matter?
I’m sure you’ve heard the adage that people are more afraid of public speaking than they are of death. On the other hand, some folks can’t get enough public speaking and look forward to opportunities to get up in front of a group and talk. Writing is not so scary since it’s a solitary activity, […]
Logon monitoring in SQL Server and Azure Managed Instances - Adopting Extended Events
Intro In 2008 I wrote an article called “Scope: The drastic caveat with Logon Triggers.” Ever since, we have been using Event Notifications to capture logins for our SQL Server instances. Issues were only very rare, usually on servers that had an extreme load of many connections. In such a case, we stopped this continuous monitoring and […]
The Future of the Internet and Data
What's the future of the Internet? A lot might depend on how we decide to value and handle data.
Use the CData SSIS Components to Insert New or Update Existing Salesforce Records from SQL Server
Easily push SQL Server data to Salesforce using the CData SSIS Components. This example uses an SSIS workflow to either insert new records into Salesforce or update existing records with data from a SQL Server database.
Cybersecurity threats
Not a week goes by without news of a new cyberattack. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains the cybersecurity threats in today’s world.
Connecting to Amazon DocumentDB with MongoDB Drivers
With Amazon DocumentDB developers and DBAs can balance availability, read scalability, and latency with five pre-configured consistency levels. The data in an Amazon DocumentDB cluster is accessible just like a MongoDB 3.6 cluster. The CData Software Drivers for MongoDB provide a SQL-like interface to MongoDB data through standards-based drivers. This allows users to see their data in the […]
Security Bug or Handy Feature
We often misconfigure public access for data, which might contain sensitive information. Steve notes that we could do better, but it requires the effort to classify data.
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PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
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A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
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Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
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Question of the Day
The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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