A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 12
In Day 12 of this series, we will be talking about AMD Opteron Processor Numbering. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has...
2011-04-12
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Blog Posts
Close, but no MCM Cigar
I failed.
There’s no other way to say it, but I’m not really disappointed or discouraged. I’m actually fairly upbeat about...
2011-04-12
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Confessions of a DBA – Part 2
How I caused a fifteen minutes of blocking.
This particular incident happened when I joined this company. I joined this company...
2011-04-12
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Corporate Staffers = Second Class Citizens?
Earlier today I read a blog post that compares consultants with corporate staff members. The author unashamedly compares consultants to...
2011-04-12
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Corporate Staffers = Second Class Citizens?
Earlier today I read a blog post that compares consultants with corporate staff members. The author unashamedly compares consultants to...
2011-04-12
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It's not about whether you're a consultant or full-time staff...
There's an article that's making its way through the SQL Ranks: Consultants are pros, while corporate IT staff are minor...
2011-04-12
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PASS SQLRally–Thoughts from an Organizer
There have been lots of blog posts about PASS SQLRally (Bing Search), but there haven’t been a lot recently from the organizers. As today (April 12th) is the last day...
2011-04-12
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PASS SQLRally–Thoughts from an Organizer
There have been lots of blog posts about PASS SQLRally (Bing Search), but there haven’t been a lot recently from the...
2011-04-12
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PASS Women in Technology
The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Women in Technology group first caught my attention at the PASS Summit in 2009...
2011-04-12
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Powershell Day 12
Day 12 ADSI Using Powershell you can work on Active directory as well. Active directory is introduced in windows 2000....
2011-04-12
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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
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
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 ,...
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