Two Acquisitions of Note
Saw both of these on ComputerWorld:
Oracle buying BEA
Sun buying MySQL
It'll be interesting to see how this changes the...
2008-01-16
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Why Participating in a Community is Important and Beneficial
Back in 2000 I began writing for swynk.com in hopes of learning more about SQL Server and beginning to make...
2008-01-03
6,191 reads
Getting Better at Time Management
One of the things I took from my overall performance last year is I need to get better at time...
2008-01-03
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Tribute to Honor Jim Gray
Saw this on the Association for Computer Machinery SIGMOD announcements.
Tribute to Honor Jim Gray
It is scheduled for May 31, 2008...
2007-12-05
547 reads
Honeypots in the Database
As a follow up to my post about Cesar Cerrudo's new whitepaper, earlier this month David Litchfield talked about putting...
2007-11-23
2,342 reads
Whitepaper on Malware to Attack Databases
Cesar Cerrudo of Argeniss Information Security has put out a new whitepaper (.pdf format), Data0: Next generation malware for stealing...
2007-11-23
1,963 reads
Physical Fitness
Real life events continue to interfere with my regular posting. However, I would rather deal with them and neglect posting...
2007-11-19
1,564 reads
Veterans' Day
I'll post Part III of Becoming a DBA tomorrow (meaning there will be two posts). Veterans' Day is typically celebrated...
2007-11-12
612 reads
Resources: SQL Server 2005 Security
Work responsibilities took up my time on Thursday and Friday, so I never got around to posting. Here's the resources...
2007-11-11
618 reads
Tools: Apex SQL Log, Apex SQL Log API, Sample Corrupted Databases
Apex SQL has announced a new version of Apex SQL Log as well as an API for it.
Release Notes...
2007-11-07
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Blogs
Fabric as a Data Mesh Enabler: Rethinking Enterprise Data Distribution
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have approached data management with the same mindset as someone stuffing...
Truncate Table Pitfalls
Truncate Table Pitfalls Truncating a table can be gloriously fast—and spectacularly dangerous when used carelessly....
dataMinds Connect 2025 – Slides & Scripts
You can find all the session materials for the presentation “Indexing for Dummies” that...
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DBCC CHECKIDENT
What is returned as a result set when I run this command without a new seed value?
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