Do you have DBA syndrome?
Sometimes DBAs become resistant to change. When they lose focus on their full purpose they may have DBA syndrome.
2016-10-05
144 reads
Ben Kubicek
- Interests: Jesus, playing guitar singing, most sports, running, biking, triathlons
An object lesson about what is really important
A story I heard a long time ago reminds us to choose what is really important.
2016-08-11
109 reads
How do you know when it is time to leave a job?
Today we have a guest editorial from Ben Kubicek as Steve is traveling out of town. I discovered I had stayed at a job about two years too long. Why was that?
2016-07-22
196 reads
An example of how networking netted a new job
Today we have a guest editorial as Steve is away on vacation. You often hear about how important it is to network. This is a story of how my network helped me get a new job.
2016-07-01
83 reads
Don’t Miss Out on an Opportunity to Connect
There are people in our lives that we want to connect with, so why don't we?
2016-05-09
89 reads
Never give up
When facing a problem you aren't sure you can solve, keep working on it and believe in yourself.
2014-07-08
226 reads
2014-06-17
216 reads
Try to focus on the positive
When we focus on negative things we get more negative. Be thankful for something positive.
2014-06-10
162 reads
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Question of the Day
The Internals of Writing a Page
In SQL Server, when the buffer manager write pages to disk, page protection is added to the pages. There are two types of protection: torn page protection and checksum page protection. What happens with regards to concurrency with page protection during writes?
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