There is only a 53 point spread between "Say Hey Kid" and "Right There with...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/16/2011)

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What...

Have you compared the execution plan between the two sessions?

ARITHABORT is one of those settings that can affect index usage, for example if it is OFF, then SQL Server may...

First time job seekers, those wanting to break into a new filed, and even recent college graduates are having the toughest time in this economy. Jobs are somewhat harder to...

GilaMonster (5/12/2011)

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Eric M Russell (5/12/2011)

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You may already know this, but had you been running SQL Server 2005+, you could query T-SQL commands from the recent past from either the Default...

No worries. The day that database administrators and developers are no longer needed; I'll just gracefully walk out the door and ride off into the sunset in my flying car.

You may already know this, but had you been running SQL Server 2005+, you could query T-SQL commands from the recent past from either the...

JP Dakota (5/11/2011)

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Eastwood never herded cattle or followed orders. He was the guy the townspeople called in as a last resort for... "trouble shooting", and he wasn't inclined to stick...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/11/2011)

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Eric M Russell (5/11/2011)

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If you have a NetFlix account, then watch a Clint Eastwood western movie for inspiration. You tell the townpeople how it's going...

Kenneth Wymore (5/11/2011)

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One thing you can do from a training perspective is to sign up for as many free webinars as possible and post them on your outlook calendar as...

jcrawf02 (5/11/2011)

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Eric M Russell (5/11/2011)

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Of course the best way to learn is from peers and internal documentation. Unfortunately, in a small IT shop the new guy may not have anyone...

Of course the best way to learn is from peers and internal documentation. Unfortunately, in a small IT shop the new guy may not have anyone within the organization to...

What impresses me is a database where the tables are normalized and named consistently, every table has a primary key, foreign key relationships are indexed, the database developers have an...

cfradenburg (5/10/2011)

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I'm not quite sure I agree that if Facebook lost 1 out of 1,000 posts that no one would care. I do agree that with Google most people...

J Thaddeus Klopcic (5/6/2011)

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As a former database developer for UPS, I can defintely state that UPS does use SQL Server to process its packages. While the main package database...