SQL Server 2008 RTM looks to be 3rd Quarter
On the Microsoft Data Platform Insider blog, there is a post indicating new roadmap dates:
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Roadmap...
2008-01-25
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Brian Kelley
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Two Acquisitions of Note
Saw both of these on ComputerWorld:
Oracle buying BEA
Sun buying MySQL
It'll be interesting to see how this changes the...
2008-01-16
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Getting Better at Time Management
One of the things I took from my overall performance last year is I need to get better at time...
2008-01-03
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Why Participating in a Community is Important and Beneficial
Back in 2000 I began writing for swynk.com in hopes of learning more about SQL Server and beginning to make...
2008-01-03
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Tribute to Honor Jim Gray
Saw this on the Association for Computer Machinery SIGMOD announcements.
Tribute to Honor Jim Gray
It is scheduled for May 31, 2008...
2007-12-05
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Honeypots in the Database
As a follow up to my post about Cesar Cerrudo's new whitepaper, earlier this month David Litchfield talked about putting...
2007-11-23
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Whitepaper on Malware to Attack Databases
Cesar Cerrudo of Argeniss Information Security has put out a new whitepaper (.pdf format), Data0: Next generation malware for stealing...
2007-11-23
1,983 reads
Physical Fitness
Real life events continue to interfere with my regular posting. However, I would rather deal with them and neglect posting...
2007-11-19
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Veterans' Day
I'll post Part III of Becoming a DBA tomorrow (meaning there will be two posts). Veterans' Day is typically celebrated...
2007-11-12
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Resources: SQL Server 2005 Security
Work responsibilities took up my time on Thursday and Friday, so I never got around to posting. Here's the resources...
2007-11-11
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Blogs
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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