By Design
Just because something works, is it prudent to implement a solution knowing there is a chance this design flaw will be stricken from future revs of SQL Server? It depends.
2017-04-10
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Close Encounters of the CEIP Kind
Microsoft's Customer Experience Improvement Program for SQL Server: once easy to avoid, now hard to ignore, but Rodney Landrum sees an upside.
2017-02-06
1,571 reads
Bogging Down in the Minutia of Minutes
Rodney Landrum gets lost in the fourth dimension, while coding the infinite possible combinations of SQL Server dates and times.
2016-02-01
99 reads
2015-09-14
154 reads
Pier to Pier Replication on Frozen Lake Erie
In a guest post, Rodney Landrum ponders the gaps in his DBA experience at the edge of Lake Erie.
2015-03-02
130 reads
DBA of the World
Conference travel enhances our minds with more than just SQL. It exposes us to new cultures, people and possibilities.
2015-01-05
130 reads
I am no Asimov
Rodney Landrum on finding the inspiration you need, somehow and from somewhere, to get yourself out of a tight corner.
2014-09-29
142 reads
2014-04-14
168 reads
Redundant Redundancy
When DBAs too often find themselves trading sleep for Megabytes, it's time for a different approach to detection and alerting of disk space problems. So argues Rodney Landrum.
2014-01-20
131 reads
DEF CON SQL
An impromptu hacking session, in response to an inexplicably-changed password, reminds Rodney Landrum of some valuable lessons for every DBA.
2013-08-05
125 reads
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