What's a 'DBA'?
Most of us are tired of this overused, vague term. How many of you have clicked on a 'DBA' job...
2009-05-12
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Blog Posts
Multitasking
This morning, with a sore back, I’m struggling a little to sit still, but I’ve managed to get things done....
2009-05-11
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Where’s My 2GB?
While I was testing some things the other day my desktop was running slow. I mean so slow that typing...
2009-05-11
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Adios FlyClear
Last year I wrote about signing up for Clear, a registered traveler program. I've flown enough to make it useful...
2009-05-10
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Teched Water Bottle
One of the charming people who helped me register at Teched told me where we, who had registered, could get...
2009-05-10
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The Walking Billboard
I spent a fascinating hour at the Teched Shop this afternoon. I was trying to get a feel for where...
2009-05-10
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Car Update - 3rd Generation Prius
I'm on the Prius mailing list since I bought a Prius and Toyota hopes that I'm
Happy with my Prius Willing...
2009-05-08
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Software Freedom Kosova 2009
At the end of August 2009 will organize the Software Freedom Kosova 2009, the big event for the Open Source...
2009-05-08
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Book Review: Patriot Acts
Fiction review this week. I recently read Patriot Acts by Greg Rucka, the continuation of the story that started in...
2009-05-07
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Book Review: SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled
I'm just finishing up SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled by Grant Fritchey and Sajal Dam and overall I've...
2009-05-07
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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