THE PROGRAMMER'S QUICK GUIDE TO THE LANGUAGES
A brief description of some well known, and not so well known programming languages. Have you worked with any of these?
2001-11-09
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The Lighter Side
2001-10-15
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2001-10-08
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Pre-Sliced Peanut Butter
Pre-sliced peanut butter is on its way to U.S. store shelves in test markets - fact or fiction??
2001-10-02
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Telemarketing Revenge
If you are like me, you probably get lots of telemarketing calls. Here's a good one to use the next time you get called by a phone company.
2001-10-01
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The Sysadmin Price List
Implement this and I guarentee your tech support call volume will drop!!! (Or you'll soon be retiring)
2001-09-25
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Funny SQL Server Error Messages
This is the funniest error message Brian Knight has ever seen in SQL Server.
2001-09-18
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An Alternative to Windows NT
Left over from the Y2K fiasco, but a good corporate memo that might still be useful as an alternative to XP.
2001-09-10
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2001-09-04
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2001-08-20
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From Planning to Practice: Setting Up Your FinOps Framework
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top II
I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers