Do you want me to tell you the truth or do you want me to tell you what you want to hear?
We live in a Dilbert age.
If you are a DBA and have worked in organizations of any size you are...
2013-09-28
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@chuckboycejr
I am on LinkedIn
I don't know why, but I never "got" LinkedIn and I ended up leaving it in frustration as I was...
2013-09-21
714 reads
Is Microsoft attempting to "de-skill" IT Pros in its attempt to increase its Cloud business?
When I first heard of the MCM program termination discontent, I reacted by sympathizing with my fellow Database Professionals but...
2013-09-05
967 reads
Working Class Hero
I could tell you a story about Green Day's cover of John Lennon's classic "Working Class Hero" that you wouldn't...
2013-08-29
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2013-08-23
719 reads
OT: privacy
I had a very unpleasant experience a while back when I was commenting anonymously on a web site (not SQL...
2013-08-06
589 reads
energy
Back when I was trying to start a business and unknowingly heading towards a economic cliff, I read all sorts...
2013-07-10
586 reads
freedom
I was thinking back fondly of my Dad - who passed away during Hurricane Sandy - this past Father's Day. Of the...
2013-07-03
561 reads
SQL Server 2000 is unsupported
Microsoft no longer supports SQL Server 2000 in any capacity.
http://youtu.be/A5cneCgNA9U
2013-04-10
818 reads
Carry On
Sometimes the answer is to keep going.
Forget words, figuring things out, and circumstances. Just keep moving your feet.
~Chuck
"Nothing in the...
2013-04-09
615 reads
Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Forums
Intermittent Service Freezes and "State 23" Authentication Failure
Environment: SQL Server: 2019 Enterprise (15.0.4430.1) OS: Windows Server 2022 Standard (Build 20348) Virtualization:...
SQL Server audit with windows ad group
I am trying to create a filter on a SQL Server audit to capture...
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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