Category Archives: Editorial

Methodical Testing

Posted on May 7, 2020 by way0utwest

Performance tuning is a challenge for many data professionals. Often, it’s also a task that we struggle to find time to perform in many environments. Developers have new features to build and DBAs have plenty of other work. As a … Continue reading →

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Remote Data Challenges

Posted on May 6, 2020 by way0utwest

With many of us working remotely now, security is going to be a concern for many organizations. While some might have company provided hardware, many of us will use our personal equipment to connect to data and systems. This brings … Continue reading →

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Choosing Sequences Over Identity

Posted on May 5, 2020 by way0utwest

When I was building software as a full time job, the choices for automatically generating surrogate keys were the identity property and the NEWID() function. At that time, GUIDs were too cumbersome to deal with, and I often used identity … Continue reading →

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May the Force Be With You

Posted on May 4, 2020 by way0utwest

I’ve never done much more than give a passing smile when I see all the posts and notes about May 4th from geeks around the world. I was a huge Star Wars fan as a child, and the original is … Continue reading →

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