Are We Engineers?
Steve Jones continues the never ending argument of whether software developers deserve the moniker of engineer.
Database Continuous Integration with SQL CI and Jenkins
If it's deemed important to test application code as part of a CI process, the same must apply to the database. In this blog post, Jason Crease shows how to create a smooth process where you can build and deploy databases alongside your application code from within Jenkins with the SQL CI plugin.
SMKs, DMKs, Certificates for TDE and Encrypted Backups
This article details SMKs, DMKs and certificates in SQL Server as they relate to Transparent Data Encryption and Encrypted Backups.
Custom Built Statistics
Dan Holmes shows how you can create statistics exactly the way you want within the bounds of the 200 steps available.
Automated Rapid Recovery during Database Code Releases using Snapshots
Leveraging snapshots across multiple databases simultaneously to allow for quick rollback in case of a problem deploying code
Building Better Communication Skills
Today Steve Jones reminds us that our communication skills are important. They are something that we use constantly at work and are worth developing.
De-normalize database schema using JSON
Jovan Popovic talks about transforming complex relational structures into simpler tables using JSON format.
IT Data Governance and the Insider Job
Good IT data governance is about crime-prevention as well as crime-detection. Legal action runs war a close second as being one of the more futile and debilitating of human activities, so prevention is always better.
The Office
Would you be more productive outside of an office? Would you take a pay cut to work outside of an office? Steve Jones notes that a number of IT professionals said they would.
Blogs
Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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