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  • RE: Hacking Data

    Matt Miller (#4) (12/22/2015)


    Eric M Russell (3/23/2011)


    An MP3 player and an automobile engine are two unrelated systems that should not be tightly coupled.

    Hmm that reminds me of some quotes I...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: CLR Yes or no?

    The only practical use for CLR in a data warehouse that comes to mind is perhaps a custom aggregate function.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Byte Me: Private Cloud

    Eric M Russell (12/23/2015)


    mjh 45389 (12/23/2015)


    I was in a shop at the weekend and they were selling external hard drives as 'Private Clouds'! Things like this are not going to...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Byte Me: Private Cloud

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  • RE: Byte Me: Private Cloud

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  • RE: SQL server slowdown by increasing processors?

    awarnke 39611 (12/22/2015)


    Thank you all for your replies.

    Jacob you are correct it is a virtual environment. We tried giving priority to the processors, but not much change. We...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: CLR Yes or no?

    It depends on what they're planning to use CLR functions for.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: SQL server slowdown by increasing processors?

    Have you confirmed how many CPU are visible to SQL Server? This could be limited by licensing or configuration.

    http://www.eraofdata.com/how-many-cpus-can-sql-server-use/

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Query performance

    GilaMonster (12/22/2015)


    Eric M Russell (12/21/2015)


    Try unit testing using (MAXDOP 1) query hint.

    Why? Parallel execution is good, it means SQL's using resources effectively to return results quickly. A parallel query is...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Hacking Data

    Remotely hacking another driver's Bluetooth component system is a way cooler and less violent way to express road rage than pulling out a handgun. 🙂

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Hacking Data

    Remember the story about the 5 year old kid who accidentally discovered he could hack through XBox user authentication by padding the password field with a spaces?

    http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/04/tech/gaming-gadgets/5-year-old-xbox-hack/index.html

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Running as SysAdmin

    Ivanova (12/21/2015)


    Slightly off-topic; while working for a large financial institution, I was approached by one of the security team. He was a highly-paid and allegedly very security-savvy contractor. His request...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Running as SysAdmin

    Ed Wagner (12/21/2015)


    Eric M Russell (12/21/2015)


    I think the whole concept of a 'SA' account is a bad idea, because essentially it's an account which has full access and which can...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Database Design Question

    Let me guess... the table is 100 GB, there are twenty foreign key dependencies, and they want it deployed to production before Christmas? 😛

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Database Design Question

    If the new columns are required by the business and there is a 1x1 normalized relationship between them and the original table, then add then to the original table. What...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

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