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SQL Saturday #104: A Parody and A Challenge
I’m Back! I apologize that it took me awhile to write again. I’ve been extremely busy between family and work obligations these last few months. While being busy is a good thing, things should be...
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SQL Family: Nuts about SQL
Someone coined the hash tag “#SQLFamily” on Twitter not so long ago. So as part of “Meme Monday”, Thomas LaRock a.k.a. SQL Rockstar (Twitter | Blog) asked for people to write about “What #SQLFamily...
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S’More SQL, Please!
Ready for SQL on the Slopes? If you haven’t already heard, SQL Saturday #104 is coming to Colorado Springs on January 7th, 2012. Woo hoo! Hold onto your beanies (knit hats for those of you wondering)!...
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So You Inherited a Database Server…
Warning! It’s Friday and I’m feeling a bit wacky (what else is new, right?). So… I thought I would write about something that’s been on my list for a few months now and put an amusing spin on it. Well,...
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Hey! Nice RAC!
What? Another post in less than a week? Yep! Don’t faint from shock! Besides, I’m overdue for a mostly serious post. Oh and as for the title of this little post? Trust me. It could have been much,...
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Uh Oh… That Can’t Be Good
Um, We Have a Problem… This last weekend was pretty rough for my entire team. One of our most critical production systems took a dive on Friday morning. Meaning, the database went down unexpectedly and...
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T-SQL Tuesday #30: Shhh… Secret Squirrel Stuff
T-SQL Tuesday #30 – Ethics I decided to get my SQL self in gear and finally participate in TSQL Tuesday. Yep. It’s my first one. This time Chris Shaw (Blog | Twitter) is hosting it, and the topic is...
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Confessions of a Sharepoint Database Server
Confessions of a… Database Administrator? Ever have one of those days/weeks/months/years/lifetimes when you need to relieve some stress or just get some goofiness out of your system so you can focus on...
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Sometimes I Scare Myself
All by myself… don’t wanna be… Now that I have your attention, you’re probably wondering what that title is all about. It’s not a huge deal, but I am happy to write that I solved a little problem I...
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Here I Come to Save the Daaay!
The Situation Umm… we have a problem It’s 11 am. You’re sitting at your desk at work (where else would you be?) trying to determine which of the 20 help desk tickets you’re actively working on to work...
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Backups – The Vital Verification
These are the hysterical ramblings of a frustrated DBA. Her relentless mission: to upgrade strange old systems, to seek out new projects and bad design specs, to boldly index where no one has indexed...
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SQL Woes from A to Z
Ever have one of those days when you’re working with a colleague on a database issue and one of you has a fun idea that just takes on a life of it’s own? Well, that’s exactly what happened today while...
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Can’t Group This
Yep! Another one! This is another one of those dratted fun and exciting posts inspired by a co-worker planting a little seed in my brain many months ago. It was fun to write and took a long time. I had...
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Happy Holidays: The First SQL
The First SQL A parody of the song “The First Noel”. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and so on and so forth…! The first SQL the server did say Could not parse this statement please write it this way....
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Hello! My Name is Rebecca. Yes, We Still Run SQL Server 2000
Recently, I tweeted about having to restore fourteen databases in SQL Server 2000. I wasn’t surprised to receive some good natured ribbing about still having databases in SQL Server 2000, and I’m okay...
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Musings of a Database Conversion Scribe
Day 1: Today I was bestowed the honor of writing a data transformation diagram for our current major conversion project to ensure we don’t miss any of the legacy data and have a place for everything in...
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Temporary Insanity
T-SQL Tuesday #88 – The Daily (Database-Related) WTF For some not-so-strange and not-so-odd reason, this month’s topic grabbed my attention. Kennie Pontoppidan (Blog | Twitter) invited us to write...
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Caffeine and Where Clauses: Both Extremely Important
Another WTF moment brought to you by a lack of caffeine, inspired by Shane O’Neill from his T-SQL Tuesday blog post and twitter discussion. Thank you for inspiring me! So picture this. It’s first thing...
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SQL Detective: A Curious Tale of Long Waits
This morning while I was on the phone with an IT person from another department discussing a project, he asked if I could take a look at their main production SQL Server instance. The users were...
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