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Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:35 AM

What Makes a Strong Community?

I often hear people characterize the MySQL community as strong and vibrant. In fact I’ve heard people attribute MySQL’s success to the strength of the community. I think SQL Server has a very robust community but that’s just my opinion. So what makes
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Sunday, January 03, 2010 2:42 PM

What kind of DBA are you?

Buck Woody likes to joke there are two types of people in the world: those who believe there are two types of people and those who don’t. Rim shot please. All joking aside there are two types of DBAs: those who are myopic and those who are leaders. This
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:08 PM

What’s In Your Database?

How many different database objects are there? I don’t know the answer either but off the top of my head I’d guess somewhere between 50 and 100, depending on how you count them. Yes, I could go count them but I’m writing this on a Saturday and between
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Sunday, November 23, 2008 9:54 AM

Scripting DBA Actions

Last Thursday morning @ the PASS Summit I participated in a panel discussion on automating DBA tasks. It was a great discussion and I was humbled by the other panel members. During the discussion I jotted down a few notes that I didn’t get to mention
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Monday, September 15, 2008 6:59 PM

Blogapoluzza

The list of blogs run by the SQL Server product group keeps growing. Here I offer merely a snapshot in time of the current blogs. At the bottom there's also two links that list blogs by MS employees and SQL Server MVPs; these are not complete but offer
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Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:10 AM

New Podcast for the Real-world DBA

Buck Woody, a PM on my team, has launched a new weekly Podcast entitled "Real-World DBA". You can find out more information at his Blog . Here's a link to the first episode . I encourage you to take a listen and provide feedback. This is not a marketing
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Friday, January 11, 2008 11:01 PM

Getting Your "Favorite" SQL Server Bug Fixed

As a PM in SQL Server I read through just about every bug entered for the components my team owns. Given the surface area of what my team owns this translates into a lot of bugs. I don't characterize it that way to disrespect the team or the quality of
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