Monthly Archives: March 2012

Data Growth

Posted on March 21, 2012 by way0utwest

I attended the Special Ops Tour for SQL Server 2012 in Denver recently. It was an event that was showcasing some of the changes in SQL Server, with presentations and networking for the local SQL Server pros. It was fun to get … Continue reading →

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Attracting Talent

Posted on March 20, 2012 by way0utwest

Finding good employees is hard. If you read the blogs and tweets from people trying to interview developers or DBAs, it seems there’s no shortage of unqualified candidates looking for jobs every day. The answers given to fairly simple questions, … Continue reading →

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Tabs or Spaces

Posted on March 19, 2012 by way0utwest

An argument among developers that might rival the NULLs/No NULLs debate, or even the comma appending/prepending items in T-SQL might be tabs versus spaces. I was engaged in a debate recently with a developer on this very topic, with this … Continue reading →

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Looking to Windows 9

Posted on March 19, 2012 by way0utwest

I haven’t played with Windows 8 yet, and only a little with Windows Phone 7, but I am a little concerned. This set of videos that show an older man, a CPA, a lifelong Windows user messing with Windows 8 … Continue reading →

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