The MCM Program is dead. Long live the MCMs!
Grant Fritchey on why he takes a dim view of most certifications, and why the MCM was different.
2013-09-16
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Grant Fritchey
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Are Foreign Keys Better Than Indexes?
When I first saw this question I thought to myself, “Self. Don’t you think that’s comparing apples to hammers? Yes,...
2013-09-13
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Microsoft Expands Data Centers… Again
Didn’t they just do this in the spring? Word is out that they’re expanding even more data centers. The cynical...
2013-09-12
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Execution Plan Cost Estimates
It’s been emphasized over and over that the costs of operations within an execution plan, and the estimated costs of...
2013-09-11
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New Windows Azure Virtual Labs
Getting started with new technologies can be a pain. That makes all the new labs that Microsoft just posted extremely...
2013-09-10
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Developers Rate Azure One of Their Favorite Tools
Yeah, Azure.
How we program, what we program and where we program is changing. All the time. This excellent article lays...
2013-09-09
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Speaker of the Month: September 2013
This is my second post in what I hope will be an ongoing series. You can see the rules for...
2013-09-06
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sp_executesql, Parameters and Parameter Sniffing
I’m honestly not crazy about dynamic T-SQL within stored procedures. There are just a few too many opportunities to mess...
2013-09-05
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Azure Capabilities Expand
But then, the capabilities in Azure are always expanding. Here’s the new stuff that was just released in a blog...
2013-09-04
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My Next Phone May Be a Nokia
I really like my Windows Phone. Yes, there are not as many apps as on a Droid or iPhone. But...
2013-09-03
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Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
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Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
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RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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