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Clarification on SQL Server Deadlocks being Unavoidable
While running through some of my personal emails tonight, I happened across two different questions regarding some statements I have made on forums post in the past, as well as in one of my articles on...
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Rant: One sided Whitepapers
I like reading technical whitepapers, and not just related to SQL Server, but anything IT that expands my knowledge and/or view of something I generally find interesting. I was reviewing my blog...
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Luck, Preparation, and Opportunity
Thomas LaRock recently posted a blog post Luck, Preparation, and Opportunity on his blog that really rang true with my own personal experiences in life. I recommend reading his original post because...
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Rant: Overselling your ability on a Job Interview
How to Interview for a DBA Position and how to find a job as a SQL Server DBA have been hot topics in the community in the past year. I've seen a lot of good information given out in blog posts and...
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RANT: Got Performance Problems? Buy bigger hardware!
Ok, so the title of this thread is very tongue in cheek, or in layman's terms a bunch of crap. However, it is the most common answer I seem to get from application vendors these days when dealing with...
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Another Case of Online Plagiarism
I don't know what the deal is lately online, but it sure seems like a lot of people are doing what they want to call reposting information, but in my mind I don't care how you sugar coat it, they are...
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Some thoughts on interviewing….
At the beginning of the year I changed jobs, leaving a very stable position where I had the opportunity to learn under an amazing mentor (who happened to be a Oracle DBA and not a SQL DBA), to take on...
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Some thoughts on the Virtualization Feedback in the SSWUG Newsletters
Last Thursday, March 25, 2010, the topic of Virtualization of SQL Server came up in the SSWUG Newsletter , with Steven Wynkoop asking if peoples perceptions and experiences have changed since the last...
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You made it through the Interview, Now What?
This is somewhat of a continuation post to my previous blog post, “Some thoughts on Interviweing…” . Now that you survived the interview process, what do you do? This is a common area of discomfort for...
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The Database as Intellectual Property
Every so often, a question shows up on the forums in the form of, “How do I prevent anyone from accessing my database schema, including local administrators and sysadmins in SQL Server?” I usually...
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Why I don’t need to go on the SQLCruise
Brent Ozar ( Blog | Twitter ) and Tim Ford ( Blog | Twitter ) are putting on a new type of event in the month of August after SQL Saturday #40 in South Florida July, 31st , properly named SQLCruise ....
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Should SQL Server advanced features be available a la carte?
SQL Server users love the new features inside of the platform and each new release brings more exciting enhancements that motivate end users towards upgrading from previous editions. However, one of...
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Writing Case Studies to Document Your Impact
If you don’t know me, or you haven’t followed me for long, you might not know that I am a huge fan of documentation. I started out in my as a Application and Business Analyst and all I did was...
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Has the SQL Community Lost its Focus?
Yesterday, Thomas LaRock’s blog post, WMI Code Creator , was brought to my attention by a member of the SQL Community. I subscribe to Tom’s blog in my blog reader so eventually I’d like to think that...
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Did the Community Lose It’s Focus, or Did I?
Late Thursday night, ok it was actually very early Friday morning, I wrote a blog post that stirred a bit of a controversy in the community. While the outcome of the discussion that was sparked by...
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