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Salary Averages

Posted on December 2, 2010 by way0utwest

I saw this posted on Twitter, yet another reason to have a variety of people you follow. Some very interesting links and ideas get shared there. It’s a set of IT salary charts and values from a recent survey on … Continue reading →

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SQL Rally Pre-Cons

Posted on November 11, 2010 by way0utwest

The SQL Rally pre-conference sessions were announced today, and congratulations to the winners. They are: Business Intelligence Workshop – Patrick LeBlanc, Devin Knight, Mike Davis, & Adam Jorgensen Query Performance Tuning, Start to Finish – Grant Fritchey Maximize Your SQL … Continue reading →

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Check the .NET Framework Version Installed

Posted on November 10, 2010 by way0utwest

I haven’t ever worried about this, but I had the need recently to check. I was looking a SQL Sentry’s Plan Explorer and the instructions mentioned that you need the .NET Framework v4.0 installed. So I decided to check my … Continue reading →

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A Tail Log Needs a Clean Shutdown

Posted on August 9, 2010 by way0utwest

Someone posted a note asking how they might restore if the disk that contained their transaction log crashed. I replied that if they had the data files on a separate drive, they could detach/attach, build a new log file, and … Continue reading →

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