Monthly Archives: November 2015

NoSQL Complaints

Posted on November 30, 2015 by way0utwest

I think that NoSQL databases are a really interesting set of technologies, however they aren’t necessarily a panacea for many problems, including scalability. There are likely some problem domains where a particular NoSQL technology might work better than an RDBMS, … Continue reading →

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Python Command Line Calls

Posted on November 27, 2015 by way0utwest

There was a time I worked in a company any we lived in the command line. This was in the early 90s, prior to Windows v3.1 being released and we primarily used DOS on a Novell network. We also had … Continue reading →

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Test if a File Exists with Powershell

Posted on November 25, 2015 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as#SQLNewBloggers. Awhile back I wrote a PowerShell script (PoSh) to download the SQL Saturday XML files used for the Guidebook application. … Continue reading →

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Just Say No

Posted on November 25, 2015 by way0utwest

Just say no was a tagline from my youth. As I recall, it didn’t work well then, but I hope it will work better for a different audience and in a different context today. I was reading Brent Ozar’s note about … Continue reading →

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