September Question: Tell us about your DBA interview experiences: good and bad.
I have only interviewed for a handful DBA jobs over the years, but they have ranged all the way from...
2011-09-01
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It is not a blame game.
Here is a hypothetical situation. A dba works for ACME Corp. Due to what ever reason a change has to...
2011-09-01
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Geekbench 2.2 Released
Primate Labs has released Geekbench 2.2.0, which is a free upgrade for Geekbench 2.1.x users. The release notes are here.
Here...
2011-09-01
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Windows 7
The other day I logged on to my backup laptop (Win 7 N 64 Bit) and had this nice little warning and error message to greet me. My activation...
2011-09-01
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Windows 7
The other day I logged on to my backup laptop (Win 7 N 64 Bit) and had this nice little...
2011-09-01
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SQL Server Backups – When is it current?
I saw a post recently where someone was asking about the restore sequence for a series of backups. The scenario...
2011-09-01
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Why you should blog more
I was trying to write an article for a long time. Every time I start writing one, I would put...
2011-09-01
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Job Exit Planning Strategy
I feel somehow sad today (Aug 31, 2011) to see one of my colleagues “laid-off”. I put quotation mark around...
2011-09-01
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Unleashing my inner Viking, SQLBits and more…
In case you didn't know SQLBits 9 ,”Query across the Mersey”, is taking place in Liverpool from September 21st to...
2011-08-31
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Are You Willing To Relocate?
I've recently been talking to people looking for DBAs and one of the questions that always gets asked early on...
2011-08-31
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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