2018-03-02 (first published: 2014-07-24)
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Editorials
Elevation of Privileges
The elevation of privileges is a large security problem and Steve Jones discusses his fears. Would you know if someone successfully attacked your instance?
2018-03-01 (first published: 2014-07-30)
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Monitoring for Non Existent Events
Many DBAs monitor for those events they expect to happen, either successfully or failed. However many DBAs wouldn't be aware of an event never occurring.
2018-02-28 (first published: 2014-07-31)
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2018-02-26
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What Counts for a DBA – Inspirations
In order to be great, you need to have an idea what great is. A quote I use in every one of my database design presentations is by one of my non-technical inspirations, C. S. Lewis. The quote is from his book, An Experiment in Criticism. “There are no variations except for those who know […]
2018-02-26
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Build a Career Radar
A technology radar can help you assess what's important and where to focus your effort. Companies use these, and Steve Jones says you should as well.
2018-02-23
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An AI Loophole
We can't always explain how AI systems work. Steve Jones wonders if this is a loophole in the GDPR legislation.
2018-02-22
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Brush Up on Your ETL Skills
The need for data imports, exports, and transformations seems to be growing.
2018-02-21
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2018-02-20
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Building Culture
The origins of PASS have shaped its culture for years. Are you doing the same in your organization?
2018-02-19
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Blogs
Beginner’s Guide: Building a Dockerized Todo App with React, Chakra UI, and Rust for Backend
In a containerized app, React and Chakra UI provide a robust and accessible user...
A New Word: Nachlophobia
By Steve Jones
nachlophobia – n. the fear that your deepest connections with people are ultimately pretty...
Finding fields used in a Power BI report in PBIR format with Semantic Link Labs
Have you ever wondered where a certain field is used in a report? Or...
Forums
Lies You Should Believe - Anything is possible
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A Strange Query
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Primary and Secondary Filegroup
Hello, I am having database primary and secondary filegroup. Few tables/indexes are partitioned on...
Question of the Day
A Strange Query
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