Database administrators are typically responsible for the security and availability of financial data. In this article, Robert Sheldon discusses SOX, passed in 2002, that governs financial data of publicly traded companies in the US.
Some controversy over a new Code of Conduct has risen. Steve thinks we just need treat each other well.
This article was created to help readers understand CosmosDB change feed processing.
Azure SQL Database offers a straightforward approach to controlling its performance through vertical scaling. Despite its simplicity, scaling up has obvious pricing implications and, while it is an online operation, it might result in rollback of in-flight transactions. If you are looking for a supplemental approach to enhancing performance, then you might want to consider implementing in-memory technologies which are part of the Azure SQL Database feature set.
The open source Barcode Image Generation Library enables insertion of twenty-seven different types of linear barcode symbols into SSRS reports without the use of barcode fonts.
At the PASS Summit, there are a few announcements of changes to the data platform.
In the third article of this series on testing PowerShell code with Pester, Robert Cain demonstrates how to test the functions in a PowerShell module.
Is a data breach a danger to those identified in the data. A court says no, but Steve Jones wonders if this is a bad decision.
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In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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