Monthly Archives: February 2015

Building Small Habits

Posted on February 26, 2015 by way0utwest

I was reading Kenneth Fisher’s piece on constraints recently and was struck by the fact that this is one of those small changes you make to your coding that has big benefits. In essence, rather than being lazy and writing this: CREATE … Continue reading →

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Parsing SQL Saturday Data – Getting Titles from the XML document

Posted on February 25, 2015 by way0utwest

I’m continuing on with my project to grab SQL Saturday data and automatically insert it into a SQL Server database. In this piece, I’m picking up from the last one where I had a loop to load all XML documents … Continue reading →

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Small Leadership

Posted on February 25, 2015 by way0utwest

I ran across Richard Branson’s top quotes on leadership. From a man who’s been quite a success in many areas, and has influenced many others, it was interesting to see what he considers good advice. He lists ten quotes from various … Continue reading →

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DLM Workshops

Posted on February 24, 2015 by way0utwest

We’ve got a bunch of DLM workshops coming up in the next few months from Red Gate Software. We’ve been working on trying to bring some depth to our education, helping DBAs and developers learn how to built smoother software … Continue reading →

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