Never is Not the Policy
Are there things you should never change or configure? Steve notes that is probably not the best policy.
2026-08-19
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Are there things you should never change or configure? Steve notes that is probably not the best policy.
2026-08-19
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Solid State Drives are becoming more commonplace in database systems. eBay and Facebook have implemented large SSD systems in their environments. Steve Jones thinks DBAs should be learning more about how SSDs affect SQL Server.
2026-08-17 (first published: 2011-08-16)
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I've just spent a week in the UK visiting the Redgate HQ with my fellow advocates. I'm really blessed to get to work with such a great bunch of people. A couple of the conversations we had stuck with me and I'd like to share them here. Sitting in the midst of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK, […]
2026-08-15
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2026-08-14
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Steve notes that building great software isn't easy, and there is a lot of work that goes into this. Even in today's age of AI.
2026-08-12
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Today Steve notes that he often compares the work a computer does to what might happen if the same actions occurred in the physical world.
2026-08-10
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Managing incidents as a DBA /DB manager and some of the key things you should be doing.
2026-08-08
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2026-08-07
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AI is causing some people to work more, which seems at odds with the idea of what AI should be: a useful tool.
2026-08-05
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Recognizing queries that might perform poorly is a skill that will help you, and your AI assistant, produce better code in production.
2026-08-03
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I have added a few indexes to one of my tables in SQL Server 2025:
ALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerContact
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_CustomerContact
PRIMARY KEY (CustomerID);
-- Create index on CustomerEmail
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (CustomerEmail);
CREATE INDEX IX_CustomerContact_CustomerEmail
ON dbo.CustomerContact (phone);
I then do this to disable one index:
alter index IX_CustomerContact_CustomerPhone on dbo.CustomerContact disableI see this when I check the index status:
I decide to rebuild all indexes with this command:
ALTER INDEX ALL ON dbo.CustomerContactAfter I do this, what will I see for the index status? See possible answers