Monthly Archives: April 2021

2020 Advent of Code – Day 4

Posted on April 16, 2021 by way0utwest

This series looks at the Advent of Code challenges. As one of my goals, I’m working through challenges. This post looks at day 4. Part 1 This is an interesting data set. It’s ugly, inconsistent, and spans across lines. In … Continue reading →

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Finding a Break

Posted on April 16, 2021 by way0utwest

Microsoft was one of the companies that dramatically pivoted to remote work. They enhanced their Teams product in a number of ways to help themselves, and their customers collaborate when people are not located in the same physical space. They … Continue reading →

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Daily Coping 16 Apr 2021

Posted on April 16, 2021 by way0utwest

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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Always Retry

Posted on April 15, 2021 by way0utwest

When multiple people connect to a SQL Server database and attempt to query or update rows, blocking occurs. This is normal, and we expect a certain amount of this, usually very short lived. If it’s not, then having tools that … Continue reading →

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