Data Usage
This is somewhat shocking to me. I was reading about ATT’s decision to throttle some high bandwidth users, and there...
2011-12-08
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Blog Posts
DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 14
Part 1 of Question 14—The question.Part 2 of Question 14—The follow up to the question.This is a continuation of my...
2011-12-08
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First Blog Since the PASS Summit
The time following the PASS Summit has been absolutely crazy for me. Upon returning home I spent some much needed...
2011-12-08
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Junior DBA
At our company we have two DBAs to take care of all the databases in the production and QA. It...
2011-12-08
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SQL Saturday 99 – Data Education
Welcome to the third of a few sponsor interview posts from SQL Saturday 99. After reading Arnie Rowland’s (Blog | @ArnieRowland)...
2011-12-08
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SQL Server A to Z – XML
I can’t believe it’s already December. This year has just flown by. The rush of holiday events has already started,...
2011-12-08
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SQL Server is Smarter Than You
I had a brief email discussion recently, which could be effectively be boiled down to:
Them: “Are foreign key constraints more...
2011-12-08
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The #Meme15 On Social Networking
During a recent conversation with a few fellow bloggers, the conversation turned to how we each got started with blogging...
2011-12-08
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The Day-to-Day Tasks of the Average DBA
DBAs (Database Administrators) perform many different tasks, and one way to explain what a DBA is, is to describe the...
2011-12-08
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When training is just that good!
I have the privilege of attending SQL Skills Immersion Event week one in Atlanta GA this week. My expectations were...
2011-12-08
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
degree of parallelism
Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers