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...