Storing the Sun's Energy - Solar Power
I stumbled on this article about a spin-off from MIT using solar power to create hydrogen. I think it's a...
2009-09-28
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Blog Posts
One Step Closer to Being a Technical Trainer
Cross posted from The Goal Keeping DBA:
This is about a long term goal that I’ve had which isn’t posted on...
2009-09-27
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Sales People & Commission
I saw this post by Neil Davidson about sales people being different that discusses how sales people are compensated and...
2009-09-27
2,497 reads
Speaking at a SSWUG vConference
I was asked recently by Chris Shaw who is the site manager for SSWUG.org, if I was interested in speaking...
2009-09-27
465 reads
[Off Topic] Workstation Upgrade
It had been about 5 years since I’d bought a new desktop machine for my home, and with my oldest...
2009-09-26
547 reads
Chroma Key - Podcasting Tips
I've been wanting to play with the Chroma Key features of my video editing, but I haven't really spent time...
2009-09-25
2,323 reads
It's the interaction
This is a great write-up that shows what is important in a phone. It's how you interact with it, not...
2009-09-25
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More Evidence Why You Should Avoid Lots Of Conditional Logic In Stored Procedures
Gail Shaw, who is a SQL MVP from South Africa, has an excellent blog post about this subject.
The executive...
2009-09-25
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Trace Flag 1118
Yesterday morning around 6AM, my Blackberry started going off. The subject line of every email was, “SQL Timeouts”. In the...
2009-09-25
8,056 reads
Upcoming SQL Lunch – Historical DMV Information
Date: 9/28/2009
Time: 11:30 AM
Meeting URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=F7DRFD&role=attend
Presenter: Thomas LeBlanc. Thomas is a Database Administrator for Amedisys, Inc in Baton Rouge, LA....
2009-09-25
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Microsoft Security Changes and SQL...
Expanding into Print
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Expanding into Print
Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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