I'll admit that I love working with data more than I love the most popular applications built on top of data. I'm like a musician who loves playing and writing...

But snake oil is so hard to come by. Here is what some folks will resort to when all else doen't work for them. :w00t:

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/UT/Urine.aspx

Folks in marketing have always been snake oil salesmen, figuratively and...

I'm not sure if 21st century data is analogous to 20th century oil. Oil is a scarce commodity that is expended when it's used and can't be replicated. However, data...

thisisfutile (9/24/2014)

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Eric M Russell (9/24/2014)

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The only time I've ever a motherboard to go bad is when I was working outside under the patio umbrella, and my then five year old...

The only time I've ever a motherboard to go bad is when I was working outside under the patio umbrella, and my then five year old daughtert though it would...

Miles Neale (9/19/2014)

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Truth be told I kind of like the preproduction code...

Updatable ColumnStore indexes, in-memory OLTP tables, and Delayed Durability are game changing features for which the SQL Server engineering team should be applauded. However, I still think Microsoft marketing department...

I believe that how Microsoft numbers their version releases should be carefully considered by the marketing department from several different angles. For example, SQL Server 2014 generates a lot of...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/11/2014)

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Jim P. (9/11/2014)

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Another thing that you should do is create a portfolio of your accomplishments. That makes it easier to interview. The first section is...

Doctor Who 2 (9/10/2014)

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The first and biggest surprise to me, once I joined the ranks of the unemployed, was when I discovered just how long it takes for anything at...

It is surprising to see someone put PowerShell at the top of the list; maybe because the website is geared toward Windows Server administrators, and Microsoft is phasing out VBScript...

mai.quangvinh (9/9/2014)

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My colleague who is a dba help me investigate the issue, she found that the destination table has primary key which is a composite index including 3 column and...

Ideally, you don't want to shrink your transaction log, because it's more efficient to re-use the same log. However, 100 GB of logging on a 6 GB table (or 6...

Gotta love the title "Chief Happiness Officer". 🙂