There are two sayings that are relevant here: 'one should everything about something and something about everything' and 'find a job you like and you'll never work a day again...

Don't worry Ben, at the rate the SQL Server Team are releasing new versions of SQL Server, we'll have seasonal releases in no time. Windows 10 is almost there as...

I divide the scripts that I write into 2 categories.
 • Anything that has business data in it, stays strictly within the company.
 • Template-scripts that are often used for...

$1500 (adjust accordingly to local currency) gets you quite a powerful machine, if you already have an old machine. I kept the box (a sturdy, well-built Coolermaster that I bought...

Ownership depends upon what was agreed in the EULA that was not read by the person who agreed to it.
To be perfectly honest, I don't really care who owns...

To start off with, I don't think that work attire really makes a difference. If you're competent and confident, it tends to come across. If you are someone who has...

I'd rather cue outside a record shop from midnight and know I'd get a coveted concert ticket when the shop opened in the morning than desperately try to buy said...

I had that exact same problem when I was mentoring a new DBA. I was explaining transactions, how the transaction log worked and why the ACID properties were important. And...

Hi Steve,

1. The gradual subsumption of the analogue world into the digital world:
   I was listening to a podcast over the weekend and the presenters (qualified historians) bemoaned...

Of all of the keyboards that I have used, the ones that I found most agreeable to type on were the Apple Extended Keyboard II on the Macintoshes in university...

I tell people that I (well, we, the DBAs) look after the databases, the database servers, make reports and make manual changes from the tickets that end-users send us. We...

Obligatory rant from me:
Database development *is* easy. Developing databases well is not. You have to know what you're doing and this takes time. You have to apply yourself to...