The Scary DBA
Archives: February 2010
Help with Learning Powershell
If you’re not reading Buck Woody’s blog, why not? Today he posted a helpful hint for getting performance counters directly out of PowerShell v2. I’ll add a little bit to the hint, don’t try running this on your XP boxes. It doesn’t hurt anything, but you get a helpful… Read more
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Posted in The Scary DBA on 26 February 2010
So You Want to Write a Book?
What the heck is wrong with you?
Still interested? Fine. I’ll tell you my take on this whole business. I’m only an expert on this if you take the adage that the expert is the guy that’s a page head of you in reading a book. To date I have… Read more
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Posted in The Scary DBA on 19 February 2010
Buck Woody on Code Writing Code
I realize I’m prejudiced, being one of those evil DBA’s & all, but I can’t help but agree with him. It’s a short post, but worth the read.
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Posted in The Scary DBA on 16 February 2010
nHibernate Database, First Look
I’m getting my first look at a full-fledged nHibernate database developed by consultants for our company. I thought I’d share my initial impressions. I’ll be capturing trace events from the database over the next couple of weeks, so I’ll be following up on the behavior of nHibernate within this database… Read more
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Posted in The Scary DBA on 15 February 2010
SQL Saturday #34 Wrap-up
Whew!
It’s over. New England Data Camp v2, aka, SQL Saturday #34, was completed on Saturday. Going in we had maxed out our online registrations at 500, an accomplishment by itself. During registration on the day of the event, we shut down registration and just started waving people through the…
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Posted in The Scary DBA on 1 February 2010