Monthly Archives: March 2013

Off to the Richmond User Group, a Red Gate Experiment and SQL Saturday #187

This weekend is SQL Saturday #187 in Richmond, VA. Today’s a travel day for me, as I head out early because Red Gate Software is sponsoring a half day event tomorrow, Friday, where myself and Grant Fritchey (b | t) … Continue reading

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Dropping Indexes

While working on some demos recently, I needed to drop an index for a test. I executed this generic statement for an index I’d just created. 1: DROP INDEX ix_IndexName Needless to say I was surprised when I got this … Continue reading

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Two Plugs Away

I’ve always enjoyed smaller environments, where people are more free to work in the way they want to, when they want to, as long as they are productive. I applaud the efforts of small companies to design offices or spaces where employees feel comfortable … Continue reading

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Data We Don’t Want

Don’t visit the FillDisk.com site, which I ran across a link to froman Arts Technica article that talks about a flaw in web browsers. It’s possible a security flaw, possibly an availability flaw as well. Apparently the new HTML specification allows for sites … Continue reading

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