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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Blog Posts
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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The Fusion IO SSD Review
Potentially it can overwhelm the bus, at least that's what this ZDNet review of the Fusion IO SSD drives says....
2009-07-14
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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