Hooks
Building hooks from your software into enterprise monitoring systems is prudent, and might save you from a few late night phone calls.
2014-08-29
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Editorials
Reverse Engineering Disasters
Preparing a disaster recovery plan means more than just trying to prevent a few specific disasters. It means turning around the way you view the world.
2014-08-28
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Smooth Database Deployment at SQL in the City 2014
SQL in the City is coming this fall to London and Seattle.
2014-08-26
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Testing is Your Best Investment
One of the things that can make a big difference in how well your software performs is testing.
2014-08-25
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The Flash Database
What is the impact of flash storage on databases? There are quite a few, but this week Steve Jones asks if SQL Server should do more to take advantage of them.
2014-08-25
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Yet Another Attack Vector
The lack of progress in amending our laws to handle the digital revolution in our leaves may leave us open to unexpected attacks.
2014-08-20
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Disconnecting Auditing
Currently we have system administrators responsible for securing our systems, including the auditing capabilities. However that's not the best way to ensure that we can protect our systems.
2014-08-18
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The Next Generation
Steve Jones wonders about the next generations of IT workers. Can we encourage more people to enter this field? With the supposed shortages of talent today and the poor reputation of IT positions, can we change the trend of fewer people entering IT?
2014-08-15
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How Much for a Laugh?
How much would you pay for a laugh? Maybe you'll donate to ensure that some of your SQL Server speakers will embarrass themselves at the PASS Summit.
2014-08-14
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One System to Rule Them All
Can a single piece of software work well for most situations? Steve Jones wonders if we're not attacking the problems of large software applications in the right way.
2014-08-13
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things
By Steve Jones
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
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that one limitation in replication
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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