Monthly Archives: June 2012

Interns

Posted on June 8, 2012 by way0utwest

Today we have an editorial from Aug 8, 2007 that is being republished as Steve is on holiday. You wouldn’t think that it would take much to woo interns to Silicon Valley, especially for Google. My guess is that Google and … Continue reading →

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Contained Databases – Preventing Collation Conflicts

Posted on June 7, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the demos from my Contained Databases talk looks at the issues you can have when your database collation does not match your server collation. I’ll walk through the issue here. I’ll show the issue, and then the fix … Continue reading →

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Learn in the Margins

Posted on June 7, 2012 by way0utwest

Investing in yourself is key to growing in your career and enjoying the rest of your life. You should invest in your knowledge, and I’ve written about the need to constantly improve your skills over time. I know you need to think … Continue reading →

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The Platform as Code

Posted on June 6, 2012 by way0utwest

SQL Server has grown more and more complicated over the two decades that I have worked with the product. At the same time anyone can install it and set up a database with almost no training. There are more and … Continue reading →

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