2007-10-08
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Editorial
Software is Like Building a House
One of the really classic analogies in software is that it's like building a house. You have a foundation, multiple teams, lots of contractors that specialize in something, etc. And it's an analogy that's debated as to its relevance over and over. I won't go into the correctness of this analogy, but I wanted to comment on it.
2012-10-08 (first published: 2007-10-05)
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Why SQL Server is Better Than Oracle
WARNING: This editorial contains graphic language. Viewer discretion is advised.
2012-10-09 (first published: 2007-10-04)
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The Value of Information
If I have accomplished anything, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.
2007-10-03
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Seamless Upgrade
One of the things mentioned in a keynote at the recent PASS conference was the idea that SQL Server 2008 would be a seamless upgrade. Or maybe I misunderstood and it will seem less like an upgrade 🙂
2007-10-02
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Compliance
The Sarbanes-Oxley act has become a four letter word to many IT people in the US. Thankfully I only had to deal with it for about 9 months before I left to go work on my own, but it was a long 9 months. Especially since I did half the work with JD Edwards and then did it again with Peoplesoft 🙁
2007-10-01
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2007-10-01
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Dog Food
Should you dog food your own software? Steve Jones thinks this is a good idea if it works for your particular product.
2012-10-03 (first published: 2007-09-28)
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What Should A DBA Be Doing?
I came across an interesting blog post on jobs, which actually caught me eye after another blog on time spent on various things, many of which are not necessarily important to your business.
2007-09-27
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The September Energy Update
I think you'll be happy to know that there are interesting people out there. One of my neighbors, maybe a couple miles away, has a windmill that I've watched run regularly as I drove my daughter to school all last year. I finally grabbed their address one day and wrote them a letter, not wanting to just walk up to their door with a list of questions. I waited patiently for a couple weeks and finally got an email.
2007-09-26
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
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Forums
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Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
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Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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