Monthly Archives: September 2010

A day of rest

Not quite a day of rest, likely some chores in advance of another busy weekend at the ranch. I’m taking today off for a few reasons. Originally I had planned it as my kids were out of school and we … Continue reading

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Common SQL Server Mistakes – Multi Row DML Triggers

How often have you seen someone write a DML trigger like this: create trigger mytrigger on Mytable for insert as declare @id intselect @id = id from inserted update xx set yyy = zzwhere id = @id return There seems … Continue reading

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Community Direction

When Microsoft implemented Connect, I thought it was a great idea. It was a way for real users to submit bugs, and others to see those bugs, voting on them if they thought they were important. It would help Microsoft … Continue reading

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Braindumps and Certification

I saw a post recently that said that braindumps were the best way to prepare for certifications. It was posted from a certification vendor, so take it with a grain of salt, but I think a lot of people think … Continue reading

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