The Story of The Aquarium Stand
Last year we acquired a small aquarium for my daughter, and then upgraded to a whopping 10 gallon tank. Turned...
2009-01-05
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Blog Posts
DBA Mission and Vision Statement
There is a saying that "The important is often not
urgent and the urgent not important". I could not agree more...
2009-01-03
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SQL 2008 Row and Page compression – or SQL 2005 (post SP2) vardecimal conversion
One of the great new features in SQL 2008 is Row and/or Page Compression. Plus, still good news for those...
2009-01-02
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How Certification Can Help You Stay Current with Technology, as well as Continuing Your Education
If you'd like to keep up with your profession as a SQL DBA, I thoroughly recommend certification. It has certainly...
2009-01-01
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Meeting Goals
I'm not a big goals person. I think it's a good idea to set goals, and they can help you,...
2009-01-01
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MVP 2009
I was re-awarded MVP status from Microsoft for 2009. Since I didn’t hear anything to the contrary in the last...
2009-01-01
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MVP Award
Received my notification via email this morning that I've been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server. It's been...
2009-01-01
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PASS Update #1
As many of you know I'm joining the PASS Board of Directors for a two year term beginning yesterday. I'm...
2009-01-01
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Thoughts for 2009
Only a few changes planned for this coming year to the blog (so far), none of them huge:
I plan to...
2008-12-31
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Another Use of XML
XBRL is yet another use of XML, this time for financial reporting. It is supposed to be in place for...
2008-12-30
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Blogs
Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
By gbargsley
Hello, dear blog reader. Today’s post is coming to you straight from the home...
Impactful Sessions I’ve Seen: T-SQL Tuesday #196
By Steve Jones
This month I’m thrilled that Steve Hughes is hosting. I’ve read this Data on...
Changing the Cardinality of a FK in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
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