Tag Archives: Humor

Cursors Without Performance Penalties

Posted on April 1, 2020 by

One of the very common ways that many developers learn to write code is through loops. Almost every language as some sort of FOR and WHILE looping structure. Many people build these in T-SQL, which often creates performance issues as … Continue reading →

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Looking Back at the Decade

Posted on January 1, 2020 by

I started a thread on Twitter,looking back at the decade in pictures. I had a hashtag (#decadeofmemories), but there are lots of those. If you’re interested, flip through my feed from this tweet back.

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The DBA’s Twelve Days of Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2019 by

On the first day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me A table with a primary key On the second day of Christmas my new DBA sent to me Two Foreign Keys, and A table with a primary key … Continue reading →

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The Costumed DBA

Posted on October 31, 2019 by

It’s Halloween today, which is a day when children typically dress up and go looking for candy. It’s supposed to be trick or treat, but I’ve seen relatively few tricks and lots of treats with my kids. No Halloween for … Continue reading →

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