Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey. The Boy Scouts motto is "be prepared" and most of you probably unconsciously follow that in your daily lives. Why is it that so many of us don't follow through on this same advice with our databases? Grant Fritchey gives a few examples of how you should "be prepared" for a database emergency.
2010-01-04
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And really bad plagiarism at that.
I received an email from someone suggesting I check out a book on Lulu.com, that...
2010-01-01
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Steven Jones posted an excellent editorial today all about how your backups are only good if you know that you...
2009-12-30
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I had a fun support call I need to share. A developer called up to tell me that a particular...
2009-12-29
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I usually use all the problems, crashes, and issues that I run into at work as grist for my mill,...
2009-12-23
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I’ve been somewhat light in my blogging of late. Unfortunately, I just haven’t hit any interesting or difficult problems lately...
2009-12-22
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I was tagged earlier this week by Tim Ford to comment on my biggest weakness. I wish I could say...
2009-12-15
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I’m going to try out Adam Machanic’s idea for a blog party. The topic this month are Date/Time tricks.
Instead of...
2009-12-08
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If you missed this, here’s your chance to make it up. If you were there, and like me, you need...
2009-12-02
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Andy Warren in the latest PASS Connector has posted an update on where we’re at with the SQL Server Standard....
2009-12-02
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By Brian Kelley
In information security (INFOSEC), there several foundational concepts and principles. One of the ones...
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the standard blues– n. the dispiriting awareness that the twists and turns of your...
By Chris Yates
A brief introduction to the tool and its advantages for database migrations DevOps is...
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