Monthly Archives: September 2014

Estimates

Posted on September 9, 2014 by way0utwest

Estimating the time it takes to build a piece of software is quite a difficult task. As many of us have seen over the years, most estimates can wildly differ from the actual time it takes to complete a project. … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #58–Passwords

Posted on September 9, 2014 by way0utwest

It’s the second Tuesday of the month, time for T-SQL Tuesday again. This time the invitation to participate comes from Sebastian Meine (@sqlity, blog) with the topic of passwords. It’s a great topic, especially as security concerns are growing regularly. … Continue reading →

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The BBQ Crawl at SQL Saturday #300

Posted on September 8, 2014 by way0utwest

This weekend is SQL Saturday #300 in Kansas City. I’ll be traveling Friday for the event, hoping to arrive in time to go on the pre-event barbeque crawl that the organizers set up every year. It’s hard to believe it’s … Continue reading →

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The Real Scary DBAs

Posted on September 8, 2014 by way0utwest

I ran into someone recently that told me they were scared at their job. This person had built a number of ETL jobs to move data around between systems. They were trained as a developer, but had a little experience, … Continue reading →

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