Being More Productive
This Friday's poll looks at your productivity. Is there some technology that has really helped you do your job better?
2009-03-20
133 reads
Editorial
Secure Programming
Writing secure programs is hard. Steve Jones has a few comments on what some of the issues are with training developers.
2013-10-02 (first published: 2009-03-19)
497 reads
Guest Editorial: Short Transactions
It is ingrained in many developers and DBAs to keep transactions in SQL Server "as short as possible". Why does this mindset exist? Does it imply a deep-seated lack of confidence in the scalability of SQL Server's locking and concurrency models?
2009-03-18
165 reads
SQL Server Knockoffs
Will we see a low-cost SQL Server knock-off at some point? Steve Jones thinks it could happen as the RDBMS becomes a commodity product.
2013-10-29 (first published: 2009-03-17)
278 reads
Software Licensing Cuts - Database Weekly (Mar 16, 2009)
In the news this week, Microsoft is cutting some licensing costs for larger companies. A good move for them as the economy slows.
2009-03-16
75 reads
Letting People Go Securely
Having employees leave your company is a reality of life. But how do you handle letting your IT workers go and protect your systems? Steve Jones isn't sure there is much you can do to prevent issues, but you can deal with them.
2013-10-09 (first published: 2009-03-16)
353 reads
Keep It Simple
As we build more sophisticated maintenance procedures, we increase the complexity of our systems. Is that a good thing? Steve Jones has a few comments on what this means for DBAs.
2009-03-12
193 reads
Guest Editorial: Improving Northwind
The Northwind database has a place in our collective hearts, despite all efforts to displace it in favor of AdventureWorks. However, a lot has happened in the past twelve or so years, and Phil Factor wonders if we can't, as a community, do better.
2009-03-11
145 reads
The Challenges of Being Safe
Securing your data is a challenge. Steve Jones has a few comments no just how hard it can be to obfuscate your production data as you move it to development environments.
2020-06-24 (first published: 2009-03-10)
522 reads
What Does Support Look Like?
With a new version of SQL Server being released every 2-3 years now, what does that mean for support from Microsoft? What about from DBAs?
2009-03-09
130 reads
Blogs
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Question of the Day
Browsing for Instances
I have a SQL Server instance that is not listening for connections on port 1433. By default, all ports are locked down on my server, except for the SQL Server port. What can I do to allow users to connect to the instance without knowing the port?
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