July OPASS Meeting Recap
Last night I attended, along with about 20 others, the latest and greatest OPASS meeting. I got there early to...
2009-07-15
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Blog Posts
Off Topic – Why I’m unclebiguns on Twitter
There may be some people wondering why I go by the name @unclebiguns on Twitter. I am basing this on...
2009-07-15
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Rant: Updating Application Databases the Right Way
Recently, a fellow DBA showed me a set of documentation on a commercially available product. This is a product people...
2009-07-15
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Upgrade Your Laptop to Solid State Drive
Saw an announcement in Eweek about this, so went looking and found this review of the Imation SSD Upgrade Kit....
2009-07-15
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2009-07-15
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I am a Champion for Canada, et Le Québec est Inclus dans Mon Pays
After reading several pages of comments on this posting, I'm taking a stab at helping Canadian Unity on my beloved...
2009-07-14
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Is It Time for Wider Websites?
I ran across this post about time to move beyond 960 where it talks about most websites today are designed...
2009-07-14
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Orlando SQL Server User Group Meeting is Tonight
Chad Miller will be doing a presentation on Powershell and we’ll have our usually round table discussion afterward – often the...
2009-07-14
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SQL Quiz #4 - Leadership
Chris Shaw posts SQL quiz #4, I make an observation on Twitter about who gets tagged, Brent Ozar tags me...
2009-07-14
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SQLSaturday Admin Tool Updates
Cross posted from the SQLSaturday blog
Though few see it, we also maintain a full set of admin tools for the...
2009-07-14
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item GPX distance and time analysis...
The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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