A McLaren MP4-12C or a Bugatti Veyron. Failing those, Jeremy Clarkson's job on Top Gear.

You have a contradiction when you talks about page splits on inserts.

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Ascending Sequence:...Once a page becomes full, it stays full; resulting in little or no internal fragmentation.

Descending Sequence:...The internal fragmentation...

Congratulations, Jeff. I have read some of your work and we've even conversed over development standards. I've tried to employ everything I have learned from you and have become an...

I can't say regarding administrator passwords, but all the rest of the user accounts must change every 45 days. And I believe the history is 12 which bars a lot...

Perhaps one should consider the situation before deciding the release software that is 80% right. I don't think that NASA astronauts would be real confident in flying the shuttle knowing...

Dan Guzman (7/7/2009)

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For the past 2 years it's been all Floyd all the time! DofM, Animals, SoYCD, The Wall, MLoR, Division Bell. In album order. You just can't...

You can tune a database but you can't tuna fish (Ok, its an album and it's just because of the title...REO Speedwagon)

Can't you hear me blocking (Rolling Stones)

Wait til the...

A co-worker who is also a long-time DBA on many platforms shared a 'platitude' with me the other day regarding stress that sort of echos what blandry is saying.

Look at...

I can relate too, Steve. What was simple muscular pain years ago has morphed into something else entirely.

I have Degenerative Disk Disease and osteoarthritis. I have discs at L4L5 and...

I realize that invoking Joe Celko's name here may cause certain strong reactions, but his book Thinking In...

Interesting that you should say that Steve.

I've been fooling around with SQL Server since...

One might also consider the oft-observed platitude that once it is time for an idea to surface, it will surface no matter what measures are taken to stop it.

Granted, I've...

The Usual Suspects. I kicked myself for hours for not figuring out what happened before the I saw the end. The twist was incredible and well done. Another Kevin Spacey...

Jeff Moden (12/1/2008)

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Good article... but, because of the title, I was actually expecting to see something about a problem or technique with CTE's that couldn't be done using other forms...

katesl (12/1/2008)

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The CTE is the way programmers get around not having database permission to create a view. Application programmers and "architects" who think "who needs a DBA?" write queries...