Clear Ceases Operations
Saw this in email this morning, Clear has ceased operations after failing to negotiate with its senior creditor. I’ve written...
2009-06-23
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Blog Posts
How to Identify Important Characteristics for a DBA Job Candidate
In the last year or so, there have been a lot of articles, blog entries,and forum posts on the kinds...
2009-06-23
3,053 reads
Paying for Content - SQL Server Knowledge
Someone asked me recently if I subscribed to any services to keep up with SQL Server content. Meaning did I...
2009-06-23
2,021 reads
Spring Cleaning
As happens occasionally I had a stack of books on my desk that needed to be put away, and as...
2009-06-23
531 reads
What Would You Like to See in a Book on Database Maintenance?
I am working on the outline of a new book I am writing, tentatively called Mastering SQL Server Database Maintenance....
2009-06-23
684 reads
Am I a bad employee if I don't blog?
No.
Blogging is not for everyone and you don't want to give the impression you are something you are not doing...
2009-06-22
1,603 reads
Big Thinker
My friend Robert Cain was kind enough to include me on his list of big thinkers along with my business...
2009-06-22
808 reads
Emergency Procedures
In a followup to Aaron Bertrand's recent blog post on Disaster Recovery, I'd like to mention something I always mention...
2009-06-22
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Migrating A SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Named Instance, The Missing Manual
Microsoft has always been pretty good at one thing, ease on install.
One of the things I always says is...
2009-06-22
3,374 reads
Tips on Getting Hired – Part 4
Getting a job is hard. If you’ve been lucky enough not to struggle for a job, don’t make the mistake...
2009-06-22
1,226 reads
Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Forums
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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