I'm in the "this misses the point" camp.

Lets take transactions as an example. In the relational world a "thing" would be represented by a set of related tables with...

Nice post Andy. For me this also emphasises that when someone is put in a situation where they don't understand and they seem somewhat aggressive it may be that...

I found that SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare were quite good but the complexities of an environment making heavy use of replication made it difficult.

I think if you are...

Well so far I've gone through data architecture and now have the title of "Big Data Manager".

I'm managing a team, engaging with business people, working out new ways of working....

I've been to paid for conferences that weren't worthy to hold a candle to the free Saturday SQLBits events. The enthusiasm and time that is put into these events...

Ever come back from leave to find that the absolutely imperative world stopping problem your leave would create seems not to have happened?

The danger of believing you are not young...

Absolutely gobsmacked!

In development I can understand it if it is part of a learning exercise.

In production...

Maximum effectiveness in minimum effort.....simplest.....

If you look at well designed well implemented code it looks simple. You'd wonder why it took so long to deliver.

If you try and develop...

I saw an amazing article on how Oracle would save hundreds of thousands of dollars per year because the tooling was so much better that it took Oracle DBAs 10...

I'd be fine if it wasn't for the meetings I have to attend and timesheets I have to fill in and worrying about which pot of wooden dollars are going...

There are a lot of practises that have been available for years and this is one of them. Over the past few years I've gone on a bit of...

Have you seen the contract rates for COBOL programmers!!!!!

Do I remember COBOL? Everytime I look at a NOSQL document database.

I've been surprised by the cost of some NOSQL solutions. By the time you do the sizing and capacity piece plus DR the costs can be considerably more than...

I think SQLCLR hit a cultural barrier. DBAs were hesitant and perceived it to be a Trojan horse to allow all sorts of sins to be inflicted on the...

I'm finding that business people don't have all the answers to ITs questions. "What are your requirements?" elicited an unusually frank conversation from an extremely successful career woman....