Spring Training, Why Don't We Have Spring Training, and Shock The Monkey
I try to go to a spring training game once or twice a year and it serves as a useful...
2009-03-17
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Blog Posts
Accessing results in a random order: Towards the automated Thank-you letter
Most of the time, you want to have a SQL result in a particular order. Occasionally you just don't care....
2009-03-16
3,123 reads
Beta Testers Needed for IT Project, Task and Request Management System
My friend Michael Lato sent me an email asking if I would take a look at his newest venture called...
2009-03-16
510 reads
Google Replication
One of the things that I've struggled with for some time is how to manage my data across multiple machines....
2009-03-16
931 reads
Notes on the March 11, 2009 Orlando SQL Meeting
We just had our bi-monthly SQL group meeting (www.opass.org) with Kendal Van Dyke presenting The Truth About Disk Performance & Configuration,...
2009-03-16
566 reads
SQL Server Authentication Modes and Surface Area Test
One of the videos I did for JumpStart TV is up on the front page:
SQL Server Authentication Modes
It is an...
2009-03-16
1,138 reads
SQLSaturday #12 Date Change
Had a note from Ken Starnes in Portland, the date for SQLSaturday #12 has changed to June 6th (same date...
2009-03-16
591 reads
The Public Microsoft Bridge
I have to admit, after the news of AIG bonuses over the weekend, this looks bad. In fact, it annoys...
2009-03-16
773 reads
Weeding Out Discrimination in the Workplace – A Note to Government Institutions in Quebec, and ex-Premier Bernard Landry
In response to former Quebec Premier Bernard Landry’s comments of this past week regarding the posting of Michael Sabia as...
2009-03-15
4,328 reads
Disconnected From Data
I was looking at Twitter the other day and saw a few of the people I follow debating the need...
2009-03-13
797 reads
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