Category Archives: Editorial

When is it time for a new job?

Posted on April 5, 2024 by way0utwest

I subscribe to quite a few newsletters, and one of them is for job hunters. I have a great job, maybe the best job for me, but I like to keep in touch with what’s going on because I, well, … Continue reading →

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Under the Bus

Posted on April 3, 2024 by way0utwest

I’ve had a good career in database work. I’ve had success, and I’ve had some failures, fortunately the former far outpacing the latter. In my career across many companies, the code I’ve written has tended to work well, or at … Continue reading →

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CosmosDB APIs Inside SQL Server 2024

Posted on April 1, 2024 by way0utwest

CosmosDB has been a great data platform in the Azure cloud that helps companies deal with disparate types of data. The CosmosDB APIs include those for MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, and Gremlin. These wire-level protocols let you work in a way … Continue reading →

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Database Mirroring is Back in Azure SQL Database

Posted on March 30, 2024 by way0utwest

Database mirroring was a cool feature in SQL Server 2005. I guess it’s still a feature, though it’s listed as deprecated in the documentation. There is still a mirroring dialog in the SSMS database properties dialog in more recent versions … Continue reading →

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