First off, I am aware that access sucks. However, at this time it is the only option for this company. The program I have to work with gets its data from a SQL 6.5 server though. <BR><BR>Here is the ...

As a database consultant, one of the things I am most frequently asked about is dealing with database locking issues. Usually, the question is posed by someone who is experiencing a slowdown in their ...

A database migration gone awry caused the outage and poor availability that GitHub customers experienced this week. In a lengthy blog post today, GitHub’s Jesse Newland apologized for the outage and ...

New data protection guidelines have been issued covering the buying and selling of customer databases that contain personal information. The Information Commissioner's Office has issued the guidance ...

Over the past couple of months I’ve written about the changing landscape of database systems as technology and procedures morph and change. It is undeniable that DevOps is increasing the speed of ...

Discord suffered what they classified as a 'massive outage' that prevented users from logging into the service or using voice chats. The outage started at 2:49 PM EST and was initially caused by an ...

So I've had a case open with Microsoft since October concerning SQL databases that I cannot restore from DPM unless I run a consistency check on them first. Today, it seems they assigned to me yet ...

Databases are in wide use today, powering the apps that people use every day for work and play. But they can be challenging to build, configure and maintain — particularly as their usage continues to ...

A misconfigured database has led to the disclosure of 191 million voter records. The database, discovered by researcher Chris Vickery, doesn’t seem to have an owner; it’s just sitting in the public – ...

I’ve had a bit of a time lately troubleshooting some database issues and I finally got them worked out so I thought I’d talk about my layered approach to pinning down issues on a busy box. The problem ...