The only thing not mentioned, or emphasized in this is the performance of using APPL.

For tiny databases / small result sets, this is awesome. For large result sets, it's terrible....

Happy New Year !

Let's celebrate the beginning of (hopefully) a far better year. May all your backups and DBCC checkdb results be excellent. 😀

12-needle embroidery machine, and a bottle of Haut-Brion. 😀

Heck, I'd settle for some fun SQL Tools that monitor performance and can generate an impressive amount of test data that's...

Merry Christmas to my #SQLFamily!

Reindeer steaks are delicious, though they're very difficult to find in the US....so we'll have a nice beef steak and a stellar wine for our...

Definitely the trip to space for me 🙂

Taking the cash is a bad plan because the government will steal about 60% of it in the form of taxes....

I got it right, but only because I've read Grant Fritchey's book about execution plans. 🙂

I'm in Tech support, so I have to work with a variety of versions: we have customers on SQL2000, SQL2005, SQL 2008 + SQL 2008 R2 (and all patch levels...

Try watching some old SF from the late '60s / early '70s - series like

Blake's 7

Space 1999

UFO

Also consider attending a steampunk convention or anime convention or SF convention - there...

I have a practical example of where "Select *" fails:

Our product has a VIEW called "Customerz" defined as "SELECT * FROM CustomerTable" (view & table name changed to...

Dear Santa,

I've been a good little girl and having SQL Monitor and a spiffy iPad would really make my year.

🙂

I've left a bottle of 2005 Chateau-Neuf-du-Pape, a clean glass,...

I don't listen to music when I work because

(1) headphones hurt my ears after the first 15 minutes

(2) If I do try to listen to music, I spend...

I'd likely give Coco Chanel some serious competition!

Since there were so few ladies at the SSC party last year, maybe have a "ladies get in free" offer??? :w00t:

Thanks, guys. That has reassured me that my statement weren't totally off-base.

I will ask the customer about whether he's ever tested restoring from the SAN. I bet he hasn't...

amenjonathan (10/7/2010)

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Let's put the shoe on the other foot for a second (play some devil's advocet). Recently I attended my son's open house (or back to school, whichever comes first)....