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Loyalty can be bought

This piece was originally written some years ago, and never published. It is a report and analysis of the largest project I had worked on as a developer / DBA up to that point in my career. I have published it here for any of you who are interested.Loyalty can be bought

Total Recall

This is the final entry in my #SQLNewBlogger challenge. You can read the previous entries here: Part 1: The Intersection of Art and Science Part 2: The Art of Improvisation Part 3: What Motivates You?… Total Recall

What motivates you?

In this, the third part of my series on the intersection of art and science, I hit that crossroad. I can cross over into the creative, art side, where this post has been written, or… What motivates you?

The Art of Improvisation

This is the second post in my four part series for the #SQLNewBlogger Challenge. You can read the first part here. On Saturday, 28 March 2015, I moved three servers and various networking equipment from… The Art of Improvisation

broken blue ceramic plate

Assumption Sandwich

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Today we went live with a product we’ve been working on for A Long Time, in which a team of five has put in A Lot Of Work. During the walk-through with the customer, loading… Assumption Sandwich

Too quiet

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This blog has been neglected for the past year. Ironically, I’ve been developing a fairly complex SQL Server database for a new company, which is why I haven’t spared a thought this way. Tonight was… Too quiet

SQL PASS Summit 2014

I’ve been privileged to attend the 2014 Summit in Seattle this year, which has been a great experience thus far. More importantly, I’ve been speaking to the members of the SQL Server family, getting to… SQL PASS Summit 2014

dbi_ContianmentState

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I was perusing the headers of some databases on my SQL Server 2012 instance, and came across an interesting typo after running DBCC DBINFO: dbi_ContianmentState In my CTP of SQL Server 2014, it has been… dbi_ContianmentState

Goodbye, old friend

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SQL Server 2000, I will miss you. Two months ago, my last customer running on SQL Server 2000 took the plunge, and upgraded to SQL Server 2005. Last night between 9pm and 1:30am this morning,… Goodbye, old friend