GDPR in the USA
GDPR enforcement began in May of 2018, but if you are doing business in the US, you may not think it applies to you. Grant Fritchey explains why you might be wrong about that and why you need to act now.
Scripting Custom SQL Server Clones for Database Development and Testing
Phil Factor shows how to automatically apply T-SQL modification scripts during image and clone creation. Using this technique you can, for example, apply data masking to all clones, or customize an individual clone to work on a special variant or branch version, or set up instance level objects like Agent jobs or linked servers.
Building a Database Engine
Someone tried to build a database engine from scratch. While not something Steve wants to do, it's an interesting exercise.
4 Top Tips for starting your database DevOps journey
Want to get database DevOps implemented where you work but unsure where to start or how? We’ve written a handy blog to help you begin your database DevOps journey....
In Azure SQL DB, what does “The connection is broken and recovery is not possible” mean?
All it really means is, “Click Execute again, and you will be fine.”
Cloud Native
Building software for the cloud often requires some changes. This week Steve wonders how many of you are making the effort.
Sorting Months By Number (SQL Spackle)
Fill in another bit of your T-SQL knowledge by learning how to sort a result set by the proper month order, but use the month name instead.
Avoid running out of Disk Space ever again using SQL Monitor
SQL Monitor not only collects all the disk and database growth tracking data you need, automatically, but also analyses trends in this data to predict accurately when either a disk volume will run out of free space, or a database file will need to grow.
Manage SQL Server Agent History More Effectively
In this tip we look at how to build a custom approach to managing SQL Server Agent history data.
Blogs
PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them
PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them Introducing PlanTrace — a free, browser-based...
A Cloud Dependency Failure from Amazon
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I went to sleep while reading a Kindle book on my phone. I know...
Deploying AI in logistics (the unfiltered version)
A conversation with Jan Laš, CIO at HOPI, about what deploying a data agent...
Forums
SPAM Issues May 2026
We suffered a SPAM attack from May 1-6, which unfortunately corresponded with time off...
SQL Password enforcing
Hi to all We have situation at a client where someone is illegally changing...
SQL Password enforcing
Hi to all We have situation at a client where someone is illegally changing...
Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document III
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2
json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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