Certification High School
Certifications are being devalued in the IT industry because of cheating and braindumps. Steve Jones thinks we need to re-examine how we view them.
2009-07-20
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Certification High School
Certifications are being devalued in the IT industry because of cheating and braindumps. Steve Jones thinks we need to re-examine how we view them.
2009-07-20
656 reads
Certification High School
Certifications are being devalued in the IT industry because of cheating and braindumps. Steve Jones thinks we need to re-examine how we view them.
2009-07-20
664 reads
Help Me Name My New Blog
I am in the process of creating a new blog, but I am having difficulty coming up with a good name. I would like to go with a Hawaii-based theme on the blog, so a Hawaii-based name would be great.
2009-07-20
541 reads
Retaining historical index usage statistics for SQL Server - Part 3
In this, the third of the four part series on persisting the rowset results from the indexing Dynamic Management Views cached in temporary internal SQL Server structures we will explore what is required to store the missing index-related metadata.
2009-07-20
2,160 reads
Using the Resource Governor
SQL Server 2008 introduces a new feature, the Resource Governor, which provides enterprise customers the ability to both monitor and control the way different workloads use CPU and memory resources on their SQL Server instances. This paper explains several practical usage scenarios and gives guidance on best practices.
2009-07-20
2,190 reads
A Deadlock Occurrence and Resolution
This article gives an example of a deadlock occurrence and the resolution steps taken. (Republished from 2008).
2009-07-17 (first published: 2009-02-03)
28,718 reads
Building Your Brand at Work?
This Friday's poll asks how much you can help yourself while working at your job? Can you build your own brand at work?
2009-07-17
665 reads
Context Switching or Database Impersonation using EXEC AS
SQL Server 2005/2008 provides the ability to change the execution and security context with the EXEC or EXECUTE AS clause to allow a user to perform high privileged activities without allowing the user to have high privilege access.
2009-07-17
2,114 reads
Rant: Updating Application Databases the Right Way
Recently, a fellow DBA showed me a set of documentation on a commercially available product. This is a product people pay money for to license and use. It's not an in-house developed application or a community released free sample.
2009-07-17
2,589 reads
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