A Dead Zune and Choices
Shortly after the Zune debuted, I purchased one. And I've been happy with it. It's done everything I expected out...
2009-05-04
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Blog Posts
Backing Up Asymmetric Keys
I've been tech editing a book about SQL Server encryption and this series of blog posts looks at some interesting...
2009-05-04
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Great Leaders in My Career
My friend Grant Fritchey recently posted in response to a quiz and at the end of that mentioned that he'd...
2009-05-04
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SQLSaturday #12 in Portland, OR on June 6, 2009
Just had a call with Ken Starnes last week and all is proceeding for a great two track event in...
2009-05-04
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Working Remotely
It's too quiet in the house.
So I headed out to get some lunch and work at Paradise Bakery. They have...
2009-05-04
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Writing a Technical Article - Structuring Your Article
This is part one of a series on writing a technical article. The advice might apply to non-technical articles, but...
2009-05-04
1,680 reads
Notes on SQLSaturday #15
I drove up on Friday night for the speaker dinner, getting there after a busy day trying to catch up...
2009-05-03
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Do You Have What It Takes?
I was engaged in a conversation recently where the topic under discussion was "What defines an "A" class player?" Others...
2009-05-02
375 reads
Published, Again!
I have written two new articles and they are going to be published, not on SSC but on SSWUG. I...
2009-05-02
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Featured Blog: The HOBT by Aaron Alton
I've been trying to feature a blog each month and for April (one day late!) it's Aaron Alton. HOBT stands...
2009-05-01
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Creating a Simple and Flexible...
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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