the enterprise SSD's are something like $7000 for 200GB or so. forgot the exact numbers from the HP branded ones. a 146GB hard drive is less than $300. for the...

there were a few times i changed the sort order of indexes to make things a bit faster. when you can't spend $6000 on extra storage because all the internal...

testing on 32 bit SQL 2005 SP3

i think i'm hitting it but the latest error is "incorrect database or cursor name format"

could be a blocking issue. happens to me sometimes

can someone help a brother out?

i installed this on a SQL 2005 server but i'm getting a cannot initialize provider error

maybe for the iPad or one of the upcoming Android tablets since they are just laptops lite. as an iphone user it's usually lite use for me. if i am...

since PETA is in DC and there are a lot of nice steakhouses, i wonder how they would react to someone eating a porterhouse medium rare in the office

dbowlin (9/3/2010)

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I worked for a company where the owners were very active in PETA. They offered to pay for spay/neuter of any pets.

I work for a cable company now,...

nice perk that i can think of is a nice laptop and smart phone of your choice

i'd try to get a MacBook Pro since i don't want to spend $2000...

which database on solaris?

thx

decided to just create a separate database for that person to go wild in

i forgot exactly what it's called but there is an option to run the report only if some conditions are met. i usually don't like this and prefer at least...

here is another idea i've thought about, the financial viability of cloud computing

there is a lot of value in virtualization but as all the time i think it's being hyped...

i didn't say no DR, i'm against spending a gazillion $$$ on brand new hardware that will sit unused 99.9% of the time. for most of the events like a...

should have been NoSQL refugees