Monthly Archives: January 2012

Back to Vegas

Posted on January 24, 2012 by way0utwest

I enjoy Las Vegas and am glad to be heading back to present at the Spring SQL Server Connections conference in March. If you wear a number of hats at your job, and deal with a variety of platforms in the Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Insert multiple rows from one INSERT statement

Posted on January 23, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the things that has been annoying for a long time in SQL Server is adding lots of data for testing. Personally I use Data Generator, and I recommend that, but for a quick few rows of data, do … Continue reading →

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Jiggly Code

Posted on January 23, 2012 by way0utwest

  This discussion is a little funny, an exchange on a Linux board in which Linus Torvalds writes: “This kind of “I broke things, so now I will jiggle things randomly until they unbreak” is not acceptable.” I’d hope that … Continue reading →

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Better Than Batman

Posted on January 19, 2012 by way0utwest

I’ve always been a fan of Bill Gates. He changed the way we look at personal computing and provided an environment in which software development was widely encouraged. He didn’t create a perfect environment, and Microsoft has made a few … Continue reading →

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