Daily Archives: March 10, 2021

The Ease of Containers

I first heard about containers in 2012. I went to a conference on software delivery and talked with a gentleman that was using them in his Java application, mostly because the Java app had version issues and would leak memory. … Continue reading

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Quick NoLock with SQL Prompt

First, please, please, please, avoid NoLock. You can lose data, or get strange results, as Jason Strate demonstrates (blog | video). Before you read further or try this, read his post and look at Kendra’s video. I had a customer … Continue reading

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Daily Coping 10 Mar 2021

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips … Continue reading

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