Transform your Winning team into a Champion Team (2023-10-23)

SQLServerCentral Newsletter for October 23, 2023 Problems displaying this newsletter? [View online](. [SQL Server Central]( Featured Contents - [Transform your Winning team into a Champion Team]( - [The promise – and the perils – of GitHub Copilot]( - [Understanding Locking, Data Modification and Committing Data in SQL Server]( - [From the SQL Server Central Blogs - Common Mistakes in SQL Server – Part 4]( - [From the SQL Server Central Blogs - Using the Pure Storage PowerShellSDK2 - Part 2 - Working With Data]( - [Pro SQL Server 2022 Wait Statistics: A Practical Guide to Analyzing Performance in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database]( Question of the Day - [The Column Synonym]( The Voice of the DBA  Bad Culture Bad Security I ran across a [blog]( noting that [Cisco has a vulnerability]( in a new product. The blog also lists two ([one]( [two]( articles showing that Cisco has had hard-coded credentials in the past. I understand that many times a known process is repeated, essentially copy-pasted between people, and we have similar issues as we have had in the past. However, in 2022 or 2023, it's unacceptable to hard-code credentials in digital systems that will be used in today's world. What's worse than having this issue is stating that the fix is "an upgrade". Their verbiage for those without a service contract is: "Customers should have the product serial number available and be prepared to provide the URL of this advisory as evidence of entitlement to a free upgrade." Which, to me, is not only bad for the world, but it's equivalent to the stuff that bulls leave behind in the fields. I suspect that this product and software were based on something that already exists, and it was rushed out without a good security evaluation. Or perhaps there are developers and managers who don't think that hard-coding credentials will compromise security. That's a cultural problem. Either you're going too fast, or you don't take this seriously, either way, you don't have a good culture that values quality and protection. Certainly, their disclaimer about needing valid contracts or proving you have a device to get a security patch for a flaw they built is also a sign of a poor culture that doesn't really understand the problems they are creating, nor are they taking responsibility for the issues. At the very least, fixing their poor security ought to be free and easy. I get that there are likely some software upgrades included in this patch, given the nature of software development and limited branches under support. However, there are other ways to ensure those features aren't enabled for customers who shouldn't have them. Making the entire world of computer network infrastructure less secure because you want customers to pay for your mistakes isn't a model I'd want to adapt. I know many people don't want more regulation or guidelines from governments (or even from insurance), but if I were going to accept some universal restriction, this would be the place. If you use hard-coded passwords, your product can't be sold and no insurance claims apply if you are sued. Maybe that would change the way Cisco and others build software. Steve Jones - SSC Editor [Join the debate, and respond to today's editorial on the forums](   Featured Contents [SQLServerCentral Article]( [Transform your Winning team into a Champion Team]( Girish Ganesamanian Tirunelveli from SQLServerCentral Businesses worldwide now operate on a team basis, and a high-performing team is crucial for high-performing organizations. Winning teams are more focused and better than regular teams. They focus on synergies and achieving significant results. They are an extension of regular teams with a higher sense of commitment to objectives and mutual purpose. Winning teams have a clear mission and achievable performance goals for each member, aiming for extraordinary goals. They are more committed to the vision and have a passion for achieving the mission. Winning teams work collaboratively to discover new work approaches, principles, and practices, focusing on decision-making, creative problem-solving, industry standards, and effective communication. They establish processes from beginning to end to complete tasks effectively. The difference between winning team and a regular team is very clear. However, what makes a winning team a champion team. This paper aims to provide valuable insights into the differentiating factors of a champion team from a winning one. [External Article]( [The promise – and the perils – of GitHub Copilot]( Additional Articles from SimpleTalk There’s been a lot of talk about GitHub Copilot recently, loudly touted as Your AI pair programmer. According to GitHub, Copilot for Business brings the power of generative AI to engineering teams, accelerating the speed of software development and innovation. [External Article]( [Understanding Locking, Data Modification and Committing Data in SQL Server]( Additional Articles from MSSQLTips.com Learn about how SQL Server uses locks when modifying data and how data is committed to a database after data changes. [Blog Post]( From the SQL Server Central Blogs - [Common Mistakes in SQL Server – Part 4]( Hemantgiri S. Goswami from SQL Server Citation - SQL Blog by Hemantgiri S. Goswami, SQL MVP Last week we have discussed how Null Values can cause a trouble in Common Mistakes in SQL Server – Part 3. This week I would like to draw your... [Blog Post]( From the SQL Server Central Blogs - [Using the Pure Storage PowerShellSDK2 - Part 2 - Working With Data]( aen from Anthony Nocentino Blog Welcome back to the second installment of our series using the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK2. In this post, we’ll dive into working with object data using Pure Storage PowerShell... [Pro SQL Server 2022 Wait Statistics: A Practical Guide to Analyzing Performance in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database]( Site Owners from SQLServerCentral Use this practical guide to analyze and troubleshoot SQL Server performance using wait statistics. You'll learn to identify precisely why your queries are running slowly. And you'll know how to measure the amount of time consumed by each bottleneck so you can focus attention on making the largest improvements first. This edition is updated to cover analysis of wait statistics current with SQL Server 2022. Whether you are new to wait statistics, or already familiar with them, this book provides a deeper understanding on how wait statistics are generated and what they mean for your SQL Server instance’s performance.   Question of the Day Today's question (by Steve Jones - SSC Editor):  The Column Synonym Can I create a synonym for a column? Think you know the answer? [Click here]( and find out if you are right.    Yesterday's Question of the Day (by Steve Jones - SSC Editor) TRUNCATE an FK I have this table in a database with a lot of data. CREATE TABLE Employee (EmpID INT NOT NULL , EmpName VARCHAR(20) , MgrID INT ) GO ALTER TABLE dbo.Employee ADD CONSTRAINT FK_Employee_Employee FOREIGN KEY ( MgrID ) REFERENCES dbo.Employee ( EmpID ) ON UPDATE NO ACTION ON DELETE NO ACTION GO TRUNCATE TABLE isn't allowed with tables that are referenced by a FOREIGN KEY constraint. What happens if I run TRUNCATE TABLE on dbo.Employee? Answer: It works fine always Explanation: This works. The documentation notes you cannot use TRUNCATE on tables that "are referenced by a FOREIGN KEY constraint. You can truncate a table that has a foreign key that references itself." Ref: TRUNCATE TABLE - [ [Discuss this question and answer on the forums](    Database Pros Who Need Your Help Here's a few of the new posts today on the forums. 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My question is - Will SSIS & SSAS use memory within SQL max and min memory (or) out of SQL server? I have SQL SSIS, SSAS & two instance of DB engine. I […] [Ola IndexOptimize - USER_DATABASES failed]( - EXECUTE [dbo].[IndexOptimize] @Databases = 'USER_DATABASES', @LogToTable = 'Y' Job Name                           IndexOptimize - USER_DATABASES Step Name                         IndexOptimize - USER_DATABASES Duration                             01:00:14 Sql Severity       16 Sql Message ID 50000 Operator Emailed Operator Net sent Operator Paged Retries Attempted         0  Message Executed as user: NT SERVICE\SQLSERVERAGENT. ...0) Server: SERVER1 [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 50000) Version: 15.0.4316.3 [SQLSTATE 01000] […] [Ola IndexOptimize - USER_DATABASES failed]( - EXECUTE [dbo].[IndexOptimize] @Databases = 'USER_DATABASES', @LogToTable = 'Y' Job Name                           IndexOptimize - USER_DATABASES Step Name                         IndexOptimize - USER_DATABASES Duration                             01:00:14 Sql Severity       16 Sql Message ID 50000 Operator Emailed Operator Net sent Operator Paged Retries Attempted         0  Message Executed as user: NT SERVICE\SQLSERVERAGENT. ...0) Server: SERVERABC [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 50000) Version: 15.0.4316.3 [SQLSTATE 01000] […] [Expand disk size for SQL 2019 High Avalability Group]( - Hi, Due to the data growth, we have to increase the disk size where the data files resides. 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