The Toilet Analogy … or Why I Never Recommend Increasing Worker Threads
The Toilet Analogy … or Why I Never Recommend Increasing Worker Threads
Lately I’ve noticed an increasing number of people recommend increasing...
2010-05-07
6,248 reads
Blog Posts
Why I Don't Look for a Telecommuting Job
I just got done reading Brent Ozar's post about why folks don't get the telecommuting job they want. It's a...
2010-05-07
3,109 reads
Book Review: The Checklist Manifesto
I saw The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande ($15 @ Amazon) at the bookstore and had to read it. I’ve used...
2010-05-06
1,342 reads
Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-05-06
575 reads
Internal Marketing
I heard this recently at my company. Our group, which is relatively removed from the main business of writing software,...
2010-05-06
744 reads
May OPASS Meeting Tonight
Join us tonight for our May OPASS meeting at the SQL Share Offices 225 S. Westmonte Drive, Suite 2010, Altamonte...
2010-05-06
386 reads
Performance Tunning -Checklist
continue with performace tunning stuff, I would like to make a checklist (kind of) for general performance tunning or dba...
2010-05-06
1,121 reads
Some SQL Server Date and Time Examples
I had a question from a developer yesterday about how to calculate the difference between local time (on the database...
2010-05-06
1,506 reads
SQL Saturday #49 – Call for Speakers
SQL Saturday #49 in Orlando just opened their call for speakers. I’m debating if I want to go out there....
2010-05-06
884 reads
Team Foundation Server 2010 and Visual Studio 2008
We recently decided to use Team Foundation Server as our source control and, really, project management system. This decision was...
2010-05-06
476 reads
Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Forums
Finding Motivation
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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SQL Art, Part 2: New Year Fireworks in SSMS
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Question of the Day
The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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