Monthly Archives: July 2012

Stack Ranking

Posted on July 20, 2012 by way0utwest

Vanity Fair ran a piece awhile back about Microsoft and their tenure under Steve Ballmer. It’s no secret that Microsoft lost some of their dominance over the last decade and their fiscal performance has been less than outstanding. While they have … Continue reading →

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Contained Databases – Server Setting Matters

Posted on July 19, 2012 by way0utwest

In doing some additional testing on contained databases, I decided to create a new database on a new test VM. CREATE DATABASE cdb1 containment = PARTIAL ; To my surprise, I got this error: Msg 12824, Level 16, State 1, … Continue reading →

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Send me your pictures

Posted on July 19, 2012 by way0utwest

If you got some with me at SQL in the City last week I London, or anytime in the last year, I’d love to have copies. Pictures are memories for me, and I treasure all the ones I have of … Continue reading →

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Using Technology in New Ways

Posted on July 19, 2012 by way0utwest

There are some amazing things that we accomplish with technology. For example, there is a system that can track a missile, moving at incredible speeds, and report this information to other applications that could potentially be used to react in some … Continue reading →

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