Steve,

You mentioned the following things a bored DBA could do when stuck in a rut:

Why learn Biml

build an SSIS package

write running totals

find gaps in data stream

replication

DR

HA

tune a...

I didn't see any mention of baselining in your editorial.

I'd also be aware of people in the organization who might drive the demand for new resources, and try to keep...

neither article makes your point really well.

I'd be happy with a 30 hour work week.

Thanks for letting us know where you would go to make you argument.

Gary,

Can you point me to your favorite study about the 40 hour work week?

Is there an alternate day for April Fools?

Paulo,

This code stores the results of a test if the link server is available. A lot of us deal with intermittent network connections.

Can anyone recommend a wiki for MySQL?

Is there a good wiki for SQL Server?

A couple of things:

mysql is an Oracle product, no doubt positioned against customers who would use SQL Express or sqllite.

SQL Server has a sweet spot in the market, as does...

A couple of thoughts:

I'd like just the AI to handle the 10-20,000 photos I take a year. Right now I use quite a hodgepodge.

When my Mom had early onset dementia...

You can always run a post by a few trusted friends before you publish it to see if there is an obvious concern.

Thanks for the ideas.

One thing I find invaluable is when people are willing to podcast their lectures, provide notes and in an ideal world transcripts. Makes for a great blog...

This wiki article had a nice overview of the complexity by type of release management:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_management

It would be interesting to make a table of measure distances and calculated distances for different calculations to see if this is a meaningful problem for your users. It is...

I guess I'm saying that instead of using the stored procedure, implement a process of testing the links by running SQLCMD and when you get a result, you will know...

well, you can tell which links are working before you have to wait on the ones that aren't.

You could also just use the links that replied within a certain...