June 2008 - Posts

• Checking for Object Existence

  I have become a little idiosyncratic over time, I know. And, many of my pet peeves has to do with something that may seem pretty trivial to most. Regardless, every time I see it, I get a little irritated. It seems that even the best Developers are in Read More... Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:47 PM by MovingMars | 1 Comments

• “Roll Your Own” Replication (and why I wish I never tried it…)

  OK, first let me say a couple of things in my defense. I did this in 1998 (I think. It might have been earlier. SQL 6.5 was the new version of MSSQL at the time…). Replication, the version that Microsoft created and supports, was not yet available. And, Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 1:53 PM by MovingMars | 1 Comments

• Hi, and welcome to my Blog.

  You might be wondering what value there is in adding yet another SQL Blog to the web. I’ve thought about this for a long time myself. Here are the most salient points I’ve come up with. I’m a SQL Developer. I’ve been working with MSSQL almost exclusively Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:12 AM by MovingMars | 1 Comments