Innovation Needs Information
We need data to innovate more. Steve Jones reminds us this means opportunity for many of us.
It's an Exciting Time
I read a lot of history (as you no doubt notice from my other editorials). I’m currently reading an excellent book on the air war in World War One, Marked for Death: The First War in the Air. One of the fascinating aspects of the war is just how fast the technology shifted. At the […]
Formatted ASCII Results from a SELECT
Generate aligned output from SELECT statement for code comments using a simple stored procedure.
The GDPR Sky is Falling
GDPR is coming and many are concerned. Steve Jones has a few thoughts today.
Stairway to MDX - Level 5: Members, and an Introduction to the MDX Members Functions
Bill explains what is meant by a 'Member' and 'Member function' in MDX. A member is an item in a dimension that include the 'measures' which are the values of the attributes that belong to a dimension. 'Measures' are themselves members of a dimension called the “measures” dimension. MDX has a set of functions, known as member functions, each of which allow us to perform operations upon any member of a dimension
Customize Software or Process
The build v buy decision isn't the final one. We also need to decide if we'll use software as is or customize it.
Disk Encryption and The Impact to DBAs
As security threats proliferate, the need for encryption will continue to rise. We who are the Guardians of the Data must be ready to make SQL Server respond and to manage the performance issues that are inherent in every data encryption solution.
Data-driven Prototypes
Phil Factor on a tale of how dodgy mock data derailed an otherwise-convincing prototype.
Install Visual Studio 2015 in Server without Internet Connection
Install Visual Studio 2015 in Windows Server without Internet Connection
Binary Files Import and Export
Importing binary files is always a challenge in SQL Server. New Author Sergey Benner brings us a technique using bulk loading that has worked well for him.
Blogs
A Pursuit of Lifelong Learning
By Brian Kelley
The following came across my YouTube feed today. It’s an interview with General James...
Advice I Like: Time and Focus
By Steve Jones
“You don’t need more time because you already have all the time that you...
Book Review: Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals
I don’t currently manage Microsoft 365 Copilot in an enterprise environment, but it is...
Forums
What Did Healthy Look Like?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item What Did Healthy Look Like?
DML Trigger Types
Comments posted to this topic are about the item DML Trigger Types
PostgreSQL in action with Opensearch
Comments posted to this topic are about the item PostgreSQL in action with Opensearch
Question of the Day
DML Trigger Types
How many types of DML triggers are there?
See possible answers