Chalkboard at the Office
This is something I saw recently, a large chalkboard – like the kind they used to have in schools – on a...
2011-09-29
703 reads
Andy Warren
What’s In Your (Junk) Drawers?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Andy talks today about he various items that collect around your work space. Are they useful? should you be cleaning things up? What does this say about you?
2011-09-29
105 reads
Notes from SQLSaturday #85
I’m writing this on Sunday afternoon after the event, thinking about the event and what I want to share with...
2011-09-26
621 reads
SQLSaturday #85 is Tomorrow!
It’s 7am on Friday and I can’t wait for the day to end, head home to change and then go...
2011-09-23
600 reads
The Ten Thousand Year Clock
Ran across this in my reading about the Ten Thousand Year Clock, a project funded by Jeff Bezos. Awesome dream....
2011-09-21
704 reads
What Should I Carry in My Laptop Bag
I have a tendency to carry more than I need, the equivalent of the Batman Utility Belt. I just went...
2011-09-21
846 reads
What Will Be The Shared Experience at Summit 2011?
Last year it was the Tina Turner impersonator. Was it last year or the year before where the servers spun...
2011-09-21
644 reads
PASS Update #65 (Officers, September Meeting)
I wanted to start with a follow up to my last post about the officer elections and the concerns about...
2011-09-20
704 reads
No Drama
Someone I worked with recently on the server side of the business had that to say about SQL Server compared...
2011-09-19
606 reads
Conflict Resolution
More than once I’ve run into situations where I’m working with two people/groups that don’t get along. Especially as a...
2011-09-16
613 reads
Blogs
Adding Test data to msdb.sysjobhistory
By Steve Jones
One of our internal people was looking to test some process in (I assume)...
Microsoft Ignite Announcements Nov 2024
By James Serra
Announced at Microsoft Ignite last week were some new product features related to the...
SQL Training: Black Friday Deals Up to 75% Off
This Black Week, don't just get a discount—get ahead! Whether you're a total newbie...
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Tools for MySQL memory estimations and optimization?
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Question of the Day
The Hash Join II
Which of these inputs is the smaller input to a hash join?
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