Monthly Archives: September 2010

Common SQL Server Mistakes – GUID as a Clustered PK

Posted on September 8, 2010 by way0utwest

I haven’t been thrilled with GUIDs as primary keys, mainly because I think that it’s hard for humans to work with GUIDs. A GUID, or uniqueidentifier, looks like this:ECB6ECB4-ACCB-4382-84D1-19990D59CA2FNot exactly something I want to try and type or include in … Continue reading →

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Developer Deployment Frustrations

Posted on September 8, 2010 by way0utwest

Why don’t developers like SQL Server? Probably a few reasons, but I’m sure this is one that really frustrates them. I found a Connect Item that was titled:  Why is Deploying SQL Server 2008 R2 sooooo FRUSTRATING?!! There really is … Continue reading →

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Virtual Labs – A Great Resource for SQL Server

Posted on September 7, 2010 by way0utwest

I had someone send me a note recently asking some questions about how to get set up to work with SQL Server. This was a person that had used SQL Server in the past, but had become a manager and … Continue reading →

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Labor Day Bloopers

Posted on September 6, 2010 by way0utwest

Happy Labor day to everyone. A day off for me, but I’m posting a few bloopers from the past couple months. These are the raw files, and I had about 40 minutes of stuff that I just dumped out raw … Continue reading →

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